CERVICAL SPINE. MINIMALLY INVASIVE AND OPEN SURGERY

This book details the current status of cervical MISS for expert surgeons, young surgeons or clinicians, and residents and fellows with little or no experience on this field of surgery. Because of the involvement of different and highly trained specialists from all over the world, the aim of this book is to satisfy the requirements for knowing the most advanced surgical techniques and their application. Also included are the indications and surgical techniques involving an open standard approach, giving a most exhaustive knowledge of the cervical spine surgery.
Due to the difficulty of finding books with both minimal invasive cervical spine surgery and more conventional standard “open” surgery, the benefit of this book is to permit the surgeons and residents and medical doctors, to have a more complete and immediate knowledge of the topics. Due to the scientific multidisciplinary nature of the MISS, several professionals such as orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, radiologists, anesthesiologists and pain management specialists, have been involved in order to create a book in which all the aspects of MISS have been treated.

Feature:
- Covers both traditional and open and minimally invasive procedures, giving the reader every option for patient management
- Multidisciplinary overview on cervical spine surgery
- Complete knowledge about all the aspects of the cervical spine surgery

Table of contents (19 chapters)
1.Anatomy of the Cervical Spine
2.Functional Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine
3.Diagnostic Imaging in the Degenerative Diseases of the Cervical Spine
4.Pathophysiology of Cervical Pain: Evolution and Treatment
5.Anesthesia and Perioperative Care in Cervical Spine Surgery
6.Cervical PLDD (Percutaneous Laser Discectomy). Ten Years Experience
7.Endoscopy in Cervical Spine Surgery
8.Anterior Cervical Approach: Decompression and Fusion with Cages
9.Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion with Autologous Bone Graft
10.Posterior Approach to Axis Instability
11.Tissue Sparing Posterior Cervical Indirect Decompression and Fusion in Foraminal Stenosis
12.Lateral Mass Screw Fixation of the Subaxial Cervical Spine
13.Role of Materials in Cervical Spine Fusion
14.Biomechanical Engineering in Choice of Different Stiffness Material
15.HA-TCP Augmented Cage-Role on Fusion in Cervical Spine
16.Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
17.Odontoid Screw Fixation
18.Injuries of the Middle and Lower Cervical Spine
19.Neck Pain Rehabilitation