Spine surgery

Closed cervical skeletal tong placement and reduction techniques -- Halo placement in the pediatric and adult patient -- Anterior odontoid resection : the transoral approach -- Odontoid screw fixation -- Anterior C1-C2 arthrodesis : lateral approach of Barbour and Whitesides -- Anterior cervical corpectomy/diskectomy -- Anterior resection of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament -- Cervical total disk replacement -- Occipital-cervical fusion -- C2 translaminar screw fixation -- Posterior C1-C2 fusion : harms and Magerl techniques -- Cervical spine : lateral mass screw fixation -- Cervical pedicle screw fixation -- Posterior cervical osteotomy techniques -- Posterior cervical laminoplasty -- Posterior cervical foraminotomy, microdiskectomy -- Subaxial cervical trauma classification and treatment -- Anterior thoracic diskectomy and corpectomy -- Anterior thoracolumbar spinal fusion via open approach for idiopathic scoliosis -- Operative management of scheuermann kyphosis -- Resection of intradural intramedullary or extramedullary spinal tumors -- Endoscopic thoracic diskectomy -- Vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib opening wedge thoracostomy for congenital spinal deformities -- Posterior thoracolumbar fusion techniques for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis -- Thoracoplasty for rib deformity -- Complete vertebral resection for primary spinal tumors -- Surgical treatment of arachnoid cysts -- The adult surgical management of syringomyelia -- Surgical treatment of dural arteriovenous fistulas and arteriovenous malformations -- Adult scoliosis : classification and treatment -- Spinopelvic balance : preoperative planning and calculation -- Sacropelvic fixation -- Posterior far lateral diskectomy -- The lateral extracavitary approach for vertebrectomy -- Pedicle subtraction osteotomy for fixed sagittal imbalance -- Spondylolysis repair -- Surgical treatment of high-grade spondylolisthesis -- Interspinous process motion-sparing implant -- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion -- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion -- The transpsoas approach for thoracolumbar interbody fusion -- Lumbar total disk arthroplasty -- Kyphoplasty -- Minimally invasive exposure techniques of the lumbar spine -- Hemivertebrae resection -- Lumbar internal laminectomy -- Cortical screw fixation in the lumbar spine -- Spinal navigation : setup and workflow -- Thoracolumbar trauma classification and surgical treatment -- Sacral fixation -- Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion.

Focusing solely on must-know procedures, Operative Techniques: Spine Surgery, 3rd Edition by Drs. Alexander R. Vaccaro and Eli Baron, offers a highly visual, step-by-step approach to the latest techniques in the field. Thorough updates keep you current with recent changes in spine surgery, and new contributors bring a fresh perspective to this rapidly-changing specialty. Part of the popular Operative Techniques series, this practical reference focuses on individual procedures, each presented in an easy-to-follow format for quick reference.