Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery

Learn the most advanced techniques for complex spine surgery!

With more than 80 complex spine surgery cases and a streamlined case example format, Challenging Cases in Spine Surgery is an ideal clinical reference for everyday use in the professional setting. In each case the authors briefly outline the patient presentation, radiologic findings, diagnosis, and treatment, followed by a discussion, to help you quickly master the thinking behind complicated spinal procedures.

Highlights:
- Organizes cases in an easy-to-follow manner perfect for the busy practitioner and resident
- Features challenging cases from a broad spectrum of causes, including traumatic, inflammatory, neoplastic, infectious, and degenerative
- Includes more than 180 images and illustrations, such as MRI and CT scans, myelograms, angiograms, x-rays, and intraoperative photographs that demonstrate significant aspects of each case
- Discusses the technologies pertaining to bone morphogenetic protein and percutaneous spine surgery to help the clinician remain at the forefront of the spine field
- Covers surgical treatments of unusual disorders, including Klippel-Feil syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, dysplasia, arachnoiditis, ankylosing hyperostosis of Forestier and Rotes-Querol, thoracic arteriovenous fistula, and achondroplasia

The product of the wide and varied clinical experiences of its respected authors, this text is a must for orthopaedic surgeons, spine fellows, neurosurgeons, neurologists, pain management specialists, and residents seeking the most up-to-date information and the underlying principles in the most demanding cases in spine surgery.