Advanced Reconstruction Spine
Developed in collaboration with the North American Spine Society (NASS), this techniques-oriented book provides
concise, step-by-step procedural guidance - from surgical approach to wound closure. Each chapter is liberally
illustrated with fullcolor intraoperative photographs and includes pearls from master spine surgeons. Chapters are
clearly organized for quick reference and include: Indications, Contraindications, Alternative Treatments, Results,
Techniques, Setup and Exposure, Instruments, Equipment, Implants Required, Procedure, Wound Closure, Postoperative
Regimen, Avoiding Pitfalls and Complications Prepare for complicated cases. Enhance your knowledge and skills. This
book covers the entire spine! Cervical Spine, Anterior, Posterior, Thoracic Spine, Lumbar Spine, Anterior, Posterior,
Special Patient Populations
Section 1: Cervical Spine
Anterior
1. Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion (John C. France, MD)
2. Cervical Arthroplasty (Rick C. Sasso, MD; James Eric Lashley, MD)
3. Anterior Cervical Corpectomy (Kamran Majid, MD; Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, MD)
4. Transoral Odontoid Excision (K. Daniel Riew, MD; Adam L. Wollowick, MD; Brett A. Taylor, MD)
5. Retropharyngeal Approaches to the Upper Cervical Spine (Michael A. Finn, MD; Andrew T. Dailey, MD)
6. Anterior Odontoid Screw Placement (Eric B. Harris, MD; Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD)
7. Anterior Cervicothoracic Fusion (Howard S. An, MD; Mark L. Dumonski, MD)
Posterior
8. Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Diskectomy (Jason David Eubanks,MD; James Kang, MD)
9. Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Diskectomy (Thomas E. Mroz, MD; Michael P. Steinmetz, MD; K. Daniel Riew, MD)
10. Posterior Subaxial Cervical Fusion (Thomas Scioscia, MD; Adam C. Crowl, MD)
11. Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion (Raj D. Rao, MD; Ian A. Madom, MD)
12. Open-Door Cervical Laminaplasty (Winston Fong, MD; Scott McGovern, MD; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD)
13. Cervical Laminaplasty: French Door (John G. Heller, MD; James A. Sanfilippo, MD)
14. Posterior Occipitocervical Fusion (Eeric Truumees, MD)
15. Posterior C2 Fixation (Todd J. Albert, MD; Jeffery A. Rihn, MD)
16. C1-C2 Transarticular Fixation (Jason C. Eck, DO, MS; Bradford L. Currier, MD)
17. Fixation to C1 and C2 (Robert A. Hart, MD, MA; Geoffrey Kaung, MD, MS)
18. Posterior Cervical Wiring Technique (Sanford E. Emery, MD, MBA)
19. Occipitocervical Fusion (Lee H. Riley III, MD; A.F. Pullter Gunne, MD; A. Jay Khanna, MD, MBA)
20. Posterior Cervicothoracic Fusion (Alexander J. Ghanayem, MD; Thomas Sylvester, MD)
21. Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation (Kuniyoshi Abumi, MD; Manabu Ito, MD; Yoshihisa Kotani, MD)
22. Cervical Osteotomy (Edward D. Simmons, MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC)
23. Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Lateral Mass Fusion (James P. Lawrence, MD, MBA; Alan S. Hilibrand, MD)
Section 2: Thoracic Spine
24. Thoracic Pedicle Screw Fixation (Sigurd Berven, MD; Anthony Gibson, MBBS)
25. Posterolateral Approaches for Thoracic Diskectomy (Carlo Bellabarba, MD; Richard J. Bransford, MD; Jens R. Chapman,
MD)
26. Costotransversectomy Approach: Vertebrectomy (Michael D. Daubs, MD; Michael L. Fernandez, MD)
27. Posterior Thoracic Osteotomy: Smith-Petersen Approach (David W. Polly Jr, MD; Jonathan N. Sembrano, MD; Charles
Gerald T. Ledonio, MD)
28. Posterior Thoracic Vertebral Column Resection (Alexander K. Powers, MD; Brian A. O'Shaughnessy, MD; Lawrence G.
Lenke, MD)
29. Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy (Serena S. Hu, MD; Murcat Pekmezci, MD)
30. Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Scoliosis (Brian A. O'Shaughnessy, MD; Charles H. Crawford III, MD; Keith H.
Bridwell, MD)
31. Thoracic Disk Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment Via the Transthoracic Approach (Anthony Rinella, MD; Alex Gitelman,
MD)
32. Anterior Thoracoscopy for Diskectomy: Anterior Release (Peter O. Newton, MD; Eric S. Varley, DO)
33. Thoracoscopic Corpectomy and Fusion (Rudolf W. Beisse, MD)
34. Open Transthoracic Corpectomy/Fusion (S. Tim Yoon, MD; James A. Sanfilippo, MD)
35. Anterior (Mini-Open) Approach for Scoliosis Correction (Khai S. Lam, FRCS (Ortho); Willem S. Strydom, FCS (SA)
Ortho, MMED Ortho)
36. Fusionless Scoliosis Surgery (John T. Braun, MD)
37. Rib Anchors in Distraction-Based Growing Spine Implants (Wudbhav N. Sankar, MD; David L. Skaggs, MD)
38. Posterior Fixation of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures (Darrel S. Brodke, MD; Justin Bundy, MD)
39. Treatment of Fractures and Dislocations at the Spinopelvic Junction (Thomas A. Schildhauer, MD, PhD.; Carlo
Bellabarba, MD; M.L. Chip Routt Jr, MD; Jens R. Chapman, MD)
Section 3: Lumbar Spine
Anterior
40. Anterior Approaches to the Lumbar Spine (Salvador A. Brau, MD, FACS)
41. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (With Plating) (Woosik M. Chung, MD; John M. Rhee, MD)
42. Lumbar Arthroplasty (Anterior Approach) (Nicolas E. Grisoni, MD; Michael E. Janssen, DO)
43. Anterior Lumbar Corpectomy (Paul T. Rubery Jr, MD)
Posterior
44. Lumbar Microdiskectomy/Foraminotomy (Hyun Bae, MD; Nomaan Ashraf, MD, MBA)
45. Minimally Invasive Microdiskectomy and Microforaminotomy (Arya Nick Shamie, MD)
46. Lumbar Laminectomy (Gregory D. Carlson, MD; Jack Chen, MD)
47. Unilateral Partial Laminotomy for Bilateral Decompression (Laminaplasty) (Paul H. Young, MD; Jason P. Young, MD)
48. Posterior Pedicle Screw Fixation With Posterolateral Fusion (Steven S. Lee, MD)
49. Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation in the Lumbar Spine (Yu-Po Lee, MD; Mark Kuper, DO)
50. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Hieu Ball, MD, MPH)
51. Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Stephen Timon, MD)
52. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Percutaneous Decompression) (Corey J. Wallach, MD)
53. Mini-Open (Wiltse Approach) Decompression/Fusion (David H. Strothman, MD; James Schwender, MD)
54. Spondylolisthesis: Decompression/Fusion and Possible Reduction (Louis G. Jenis, MD; Richard D. Rhim, MD)
55. Bohlman Fibular Technique of Interbody Fusion in the Lumbosacral Spine (Sheeraz A. Qureshi, MD, MBA; Christopher G.
Furey, MD; Henry H. Bohlman, MD)
56. Lateral Transpsoas Approach/Fusion (Shay Bess, MD; Jim A. Youssef, MD)
57. Percutaneous Transsacral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Kasra Rowshan, MD; Nitin Bhatia, MD)
58. Pars Repair (Wellington K. Hsu, MD; Joseph K. Weistroffer, MD)
59. Translaminar and Direct Facet Screw Placement (Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC)
60. Interspinous Spacers in the Lumbar Spine (Thomas Scioscia, MD; Adam C. Crowl, MD)
61. Lumbar Osteotomy (Cliff Tribus, MD)
62. Treatment of Lumbar Pseudarthrosis (Harvinder S. Sandhu, MD; Christopher F. Wolf, MD; Jeffrey C. Wang, MD)
63. Sacroiliac Fixation (Timothy R. Kuklo, MD, JD)
64. Lumbar Scoliosis (Norman B. Chutkan, MD, FACS; John S. Clapp, MD)
65. Pedicle-Based Posterior Dynamic Stabilization (Flexible Rods) (Warren D. Yu, MD; Ehsan Tabaraee, MS, MD; Joseph R.
O'Brien, MD)
66. Posterolateral Endoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy (Anthony T. Yeung, MD; Christopher A. Yeung, MD)
Section 4: Special Patient Populations/Miscellaneous
67. Pedicle Screw Fixation Osteoporotic Bone (James R. Bailey, MD; Eric B. Harris, MD; Jean-Jacques Abitbol, MD)
68. Provocative Diskography in Spinal Surgery (Eugene J. Carragee, MD)
69. Computer-Assisted Spine Surgery (Choll W. Kim, MD, PhD; Ramin Raiszadeh, MD; William R. Taylor, MD; Steve R.
Garfin, MD)
70. Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty (R. Todd Allen, MD; Frank M. Phillips, MD)
71. Spinal Epidural Injections for Spinal Radiculopathy Pain (David E. Fish, MD, MPH)