Spine Trauma: Surgical Techniques

Spine Trauma: Surgical Techniques


Spinal surgeons treat spinal trauma patients on a regular basis in their hospital emergency rooms. This well-
illustrated, hands-on guide to the many surgical techniques required in these situations provides a solid basis for the
management of spinal trauma.







General: Clearing the Injured Spine.-Spine Trauma Imaging.- Timing of Spine Surgery.- Spinal Orthotics. Cervical:
Cervical Spinal Stability: Decision Making.- Halo Application.- Odontoid Screw.- Occiput-Cervical Fixation.- C1-2
Fixation.- Unilateral Facet Dislocation, Closed Reduction.- Bilateral Facet Dislocation, Closed Reduction.- Open
Posterior Reduction of Facet Dislocation.- Open Anterior Reduction of Facet Dislocation.- Anterior Cervical Discectomy
and Fusion for Trauma.- Posterior Cervical Fusion for Trauma. Thoracic: Thoracic Spinal Stability: Decision Making.-
Anterior Corpectomy with Fixation, Upper Thoracic.- Anterior Corpectomy with Fixation, Lower Thoracic.- Kyphoplasty,
Osteoporotic and Traumatic.- Costotransvesectomy.- Posterior Instrumentation. Lumbar: Lumbar Spinal Stability: Decision
Making.- Anterior Corpectomy.- Posterior Instrumentation.- Posterior Decompression for Burst Fracture.- Lumbosacral
Dislocation. Sacral: Sacral Spinal Stability: Decision Making.- S1 and S2 screws.- Percutaneus Sacroiliac Screws.-
Iliac Wing Screws.