Complex Spine Cases: A Collection of Current Techniques

This book is a comprehensive guide to the management of complex spine cases. Presented as a series of case studies, it brings together the experiences and knowledge of expert contributing specialists. Divided into five sections – Early Onset Scoliosis, Pediatric Spinal Deformity, Adult Spinal Deformity, Trauma and Tumors, and Cervical Spine – each part explains numerous cases relevant to that topic, describing the challenges, techniques for management, and pitfalls, for each one. Edited by highly experienced US-based spinal surgeons, including Alexander R Vaccaro from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Pennsylvania, this practical reference is further enhanced by more than 500 illustrations. Key points Comprehensive guide to management of complex spine cases Based on experiences and knowledge of contributing authors Edited by US-based specialists including Alexander R Vaccaro Includes more than 500 illustrations

Table of Contents:
EOS (Early-Onset Scoliosis) Congenital Scoliosis treated with growing rods and VEPTR Treatment of lumbar congenital scoliosis with bilateral vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) in a child with central core disease Early Onset Scoliosis: Treatment with Dual Growing Rods A Case Presentation Severe Scoliosis in Three Young Children Treated with Shilla Patient with progressive congenital kyphoscoliosis treated with the Shilla5 guided-growth technique and vertebral corpectomy   Pediatric Spinal Deformity Congenital Scoliosis Due to Unilateral Unsegmented Bar and Fused Ribs in Two One-Year Old Boys: Two Approaches with Two Different Results At a Mean 35 Year Follow-Up Severe Kyphoscoliosis of the High Thoracic Spine with Neurofibromatosis treated with Traction and Posterior surgery A Severe Kyphoscoliosis Deformity treated by Preoperative Halo Gravity Traction, Anterior Release followed by Multilevel Ponte Osteotomies and Posterior Instrumentation Growing Rods in Neuromuscular Spinal Deformity: Successes and Challenges Staged Anterior Release and Posterior Instrumentation for Severe Rigid Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 3-dimensional Operative Correction Case Presentation Diastematomyelia in Severe Spinal Deformity: Treatment with Vertebral Column Resection Vertebral Column Resection for Severe Scoliosis with Spina Bifida Posterior Two Level Vertebral Column Resection for Severe Spinal Deformity Late Treatment of Severe Progressive Early Onset Kyphoscoliosis with Halo Gravity Traction and Posterior Vertebral Column Resection Total Spine Lordosis in Neuromuscular Disease: Rigid Spine Syndrome Severe Deformity from Charcot Spine in a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury Thoracolumbar Deformities in Hurler’s Syndrome High Grade Spondylolisthesis treated with Transfixation A Case of High Dysplastic Spondylolisthesis   Adult Spinal Deformity Adult Scoliosis treated with Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion – 2 Unlike Cases Severe Scoliosis in an Adult Treated with Posterior Fusion and TLIF Sagittal Plane Deformity Correction in an Adult Patient Postoperative Fixed Lumbosacral Deformity with Sagittal Imbalance Sagittal Imbalance Due to Focal Kyphotic Deformity in an Adult: Less Invasive Surgical Treatment with Anterior Column Reconstruction (ACR) A Case Presentation Less Invasive Anterior Longitudinal Ligament Release: Anterior Column Realignment (ACR) for the Treatment of Adjacent Segment Disease with Latrogenic Fatback Posttraumatic Lumbar Kyphotic Deformity Complex Spine Deformity Reconstruction using Posterior Vertebral Column Resection and Extensive Multilevel Vertebroplasty Minimally Invasive treatment of Adult Scoliosis   Trauma and Tumors Fracture-Dislocation with Incomplete Neurologic Injury Post traumatic Kyphosis treated with Smith Peterson Osteotomies Traumatic Spinal Injury Treated with Minimally Invasive Stabilization Complex Reconstruction of the Metastatic Spine Disease Posterior Only Resection and Instrumentation for a Tumor   Cervical Spine Ankylosing Spondylitis in the Cervical Spine Treatment with C7 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy Treatment of Malunion Odontoid Type III with Transoral Odontoid Osteotomy and Posterior Atlantoaxial Fixation Cervical Postlaminectomy Kyphosis, Suprajacent Atlantoaxial Stenosis with Recurrent Myelopathy: Treatment with Combined Posterior and Anterior Osteotomy via Posterior-Anterior-Posterior Approach Fixed Atlantoaxial Dislocation with Cord Compression

About the Author :
Munish C Gupta MD Professor, Chief of Spine Service, Vice Chairman of Department of Orthopaedics, Co-Director of the Spine Centre, University of California, Davis Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sacramento, CA, USA Sachin Gupta Specialist Spine Surgeon, Carmichael, CA, USA Alexander R Vaccaro Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Pennsylvania, USA