Spine surgery tricks of the trade 2nd edition by Alexander Vaccaro, Todd Albert ISBN 1588905195 978-1588905192

I POSTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION

1 Foramen Magnum Decompression

2 Cervical Laminectomy and Foraminotomy

3 Laminoplasty

4 Surgical Removal of Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors

5 Open Reduction of Unilateral and Bilateral Facet Dislocations

II POSTERIOR CERVICAL ARTHRODESIS AND INSTRUMENTATION

6 Occipital Wiring and Plating Techniques

7 Grafting Methods: Posterior Occipitocervical Junction and Atlantoaxial Segment

8 Posterior C1, C2 Fixation Options

9 Reduction Techniques for Atlantoaxial Rotary Subluxation

10 Posterior Cervical Wiring

11 Cervical Lateral Mass Screw Placement (C3–C7)

12 Cervical Subaxial Transfacet Screw Placement

13 Cervical Pedicle Screw Placement

III ANTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION

14 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Foraminotomy

15 Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy Technique

16 Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Takedown

17 Exposure of the Vertebral Artery

18 Anterior Cervical Corpectomy

19 Transoral Odontoid Resection and Anterior Odontoid Osteotomy

20 Anterior Open Reduction Technique for Unilateral and Bilateral Facet Dislocations

IV ANTERIOR CERVICAL ARTHRODESIS AND INSTRUMENTATION

21 Odontoid Screw Placement

22 Anterior C1, C2 Arthrodesis: Lateral Approach of Barbour and Whitesides

23 Anterior Cervical Plating: Static and Dynamic

V POSTERIOR THORACIC DECOMPRESSION

24 Costotransversectomy

25 Transpedicular Decompression

26 Lateral Extracavitary Approach

VI POSTERIOR THORACIC ARTHRODESIS AND INSTRUMENTATION

27 Supralaminar, Infralaminar Transverse Process Hook Placement

28 Sublaminar Wire Placement

29 Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement: Anatomic, Straightforward, and In-Out-In Techniques

VII ANTERIOR THORACIC DECOMPRESSION

30 Open Transthoracic Diskectomy

31 Open Thoracic Corpectomy via the Transthoracic Approach

VIII ANTERIOR THORACIC ARTHRODESIS AND INSTRUMENTATION

32 Anterior Thoracic Arthrodesis Following Corpectomy (Expandable Cage, Metallic Mesh Cages)

33 Anterior Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Plating Techniques

IX POSTERIOR LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION

34 Open Lumbar Microscopic Diskectomy

35 Open Far Lateral Disk Herniation

36 Open Laminectomy, Medial Facetectomy, and Foraminotomy

X POSTERIOR LUMBAR ARTHRODESIS AND INSTRUMENTATION

37 Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement

38 Transforaminal and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

39 Facet Screw Placement

40 Intra-Iliac Screw/Bolt Fixation

41 Iliosacral Screw Fixation Techniques

42 Intrasacral (Jackson) and Galveston Rod Contouring and Placement Techniques

43 Sacral Screw Fixation Techniques

44 Sacral Plating Techniques (Chopin)

45 Spondylolysis Repair (Pars Interarticularis Repair)

XI ANTERIOR LUMBAR DECOMPRESSION

46 Anterior Lumbar Surgical Exposure Techniques

47 Anterior Lumbar Diskectomy

XII ANTERIOR LUMBAR ARTHRODESIS AND INSTRUMENTATION

48 Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF): Cylinder Cages, Femoral Ring Allograft, Trapezoidal Synt

49 Anterior and Anterolateral Lumbar Fixation Plating

XIII DEFORMITY

50 Reduction of High-Grade Spondylolisthesis

51 Gaines Procedure for Spondyloptosis

52 Lumbosacral Interbody Fibular Strut Placement for High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Anterior Speed’

53 Rib Expansion Technique for Congenital Scoliosis

54 Intervertebral Stapling for Spinal Deformity

55 Posterior Rib Osteotomy for Rigid Coronal Spinal Deformities

56 Thoracoplasty: Anterior, Posterior

57 Posterior Spinal Anchor Strategy Placement and Rod Reduction Techniques: Posterior (Rotation vs.

58 Anterior Spinal Anchor Strategy Placement and Rod Reduction Techniques

59 Fixation Strategies and Rod Reduction Strategies for Sagittal Plane Deformities

60 Vertebral Column Resection

61 Posterior Cervicothoracic Osteotomy

62 Posterior Smith-Petersen, Pedicle Subtraction, and Vertebral Column Resection Osteotomy Technique

XIV MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURES

63 Laparoscopic Surgical Technique

64 Tubular Access to the Posterior Spine: Fixed Diameter or Expandable Retractors

65 Minimally Invasive Posterior Surgical Approaches to the Lumbar Spine Through Tubular Retractors

66 Percutaneous Cement Augmentation Techniques (Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty)

67 Minimally Disruptive Lateral Approach to the Lumbar Spine: Extreme-Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusio

68 Percutaneous Lumbar Pedicle Screw Fixation

69 Endoscopic Thoracic Decompression, Graft Placement, and Instrumentation Techniques

XV BONE GRAFTING AND RECONSTRUCTION

70 Anterior and Posterior Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting

71 Autologous Fibula and Rib Harvesting

XVI SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION

72 Halo Orthosis Application

73 Closed Cervical Traction Reduction Techniques

XVII SPINAL ARTHROPLASTY/MOTION-SPARING PROCEDURES

74 Nucleus Pulposus Replacement Techniques

75 Posterior Facet Joint Replacement

76 Posterior Interspinous Implant Placement

77 Cervical Disk Replacement

78 Lumbar Spinal Arthroplasty

XVIII COMPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT

79 Posterior Revision Strategies for Dura and Nerve Root Exposure Following a Previous Laminectomy

80 Dural Repair and Patch Techniques: Anterior and Posterior

81 Wound Vacuum Assisted Closures (VAC) Management for Spinal or Bone Graft Wound Infections

Index