Spine(Orthopaedic Surgery Essentials)

I. Examination and Diagnostics

1. Physical examination

Steve S. Lee and Christopher M. Bono

2. Imaging

William Tontz and Mini Pathria

3. EMG, local blocks/injections, discograms

Eugene Carragee

II. Trauma

4. Cervical trauma

Rajesh G. Arakal, Michael Vives

5. Thoracic and lumbar trauma

Kern Singh, Alexander Vaccaro

6. Spinal cord injury and paralysis

Robert Heary

7. Spinal injuries in sports

Marc A. Agulnick, Mark G. Grossman

III. Infection

8. Pyogenic infections

Christopher Kauffman

9. Atypical infections (fungal, tuberculous)

Christopher Kauffman

IV. Tumors

10 Primary benign tumors

Philip S. Yuan, Choll W. Kim, Michael J. Yaszemski, Bradford L. Currier

11. Primary malignant tumors

Philip S. Yuan, Choll W. Kim, Michael J. Yaszemski, Bradford L. Currier

12. Metastatic tumors

Matthew P. Walker, Michael J. Yaszemski, Choll W. Kim, Robert M. Talac, Brad L.
Currier

V. Degenerative Disorders

13. Cervical spondylosis and stenosis

Gregory T. Brebach and Jeffrey S. Fischgrund and Harry N. Herkowitz

14. Cervical radiculopathy

Gregory T. Brebach and Harry N. Herkowitz

15. Thoracic spondylosis, stenosis, and disc herniations

Christopher M. Bono

16. Lumbar stenosis

Dilip K. Sengupta and Jeffrey S. Fischgrund

17. Lumbar herniated disc, degenerative disc disease (back pain), cauda equina
syndrome

Rich Manos

18. Lumbar spondylolisthesis

John M. Beiner and Jonathan N. Grauer and Brian K. Kwon and Todd J. Albert

VI. Spinal Deformity

19. Congenital deformity

Peter O. Newton and Gary S. Shapiro

20. Adolescent deformity

Maya E. Pring and Dennis R. Wenger

21. Adult deformity

Charles C. Edwards II, and Keith H. Bridwell

VII. Metabolic and Inflammatory Disorders

22. Inflammatory Arthritides

Andrew Slucky

23. Anklyosing spondylitis

Edward Simmons, Jr.

24. Osteoporosis of the Spine

Eeric Truumees

XIII. Surgery

25.1 Anatomy and Approaches: Cervical approaches, anterior and posterior

Christopher M. Bono

25.2 Anatomy and Approaches: Anterior thoracic and lumbar approaches

Paul C. Liu, Hansen A. Yuan

25.3 Anatomy and Approaches: Posterior thoracic and lumbar

Jens Chapman

26. Cervical decompression

John M. Rhee

27. Thoracolumbar decompression: anterior and posterior

Frank M. Phillips, Mike H. Sun

28. Stabilization Instrumentation

Christopher M. Bono

29. Complications

Choll W. Kim

IX. General Knowledge

30. Microinnervation: pain generators

F. Todd Wetzel

31. Biomechanics

Thomas R. Haher and Antonio Valdevit and Steven Caruso

32. Spinal orthoses

Michael J. Vives and Kenneth G. Swan

33.1 Biology of spine fusion

John Louis-Ugbo and Scott D. Boden

33.2 Bone grafts for spine fusion

John Louis-Ugbo and Scott D. Boden

33.3 Bone graft substitutes

John Louis-Ugbo and Scott D. Boden

33.4 Growth factors and gene therapy in spine fusion

John Louis-Ugbo and Scott D. Boden

34. Outcomes Assessment

Bernie Pfiefer