Surgical Approaches to the Spine

1. Anterior Cervical Approaches to the Spine; 2a. Transoral Approach to C1-2; 2b. Transoral-Transpharyngeal Approach to the Cervical Spine; 3. Ventral Approach to the Clivus, C1, & C2; 4. Anterior Medial Approach to C1,2,3; 5. Anterior Lateral Approach to the Upper Cervical Spine; 6. Anterior Medial Approach to the Midcervical Spine; 7. Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine; 8. Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine; 9. Supraclavicular approach; 10. Lincoln Highway Approach to the Cervical Spine; 11. Cervical-Thoracic Junction; 12. Anterior Approach to the Cervical-Thoracic Spine; 13. Trans-Sternal Approach to the Cervical-Thoracic Junction; 14. Transaxillary Approach to the Upper Dorsal Spine; 15. Third Rib Resection in the Transthoracic Appraoch; 16. Thoracotomy Approach; 17. Thoracolumbar Junction; 18. Tenth Rib: Thoracoabdominal Approach; 19a. Eleventh Rib Approach; 19b. Trans-Eleventh Rib Extrapleural Approach; 20. Twelfth Rib Appraoch; 21. Anterior Retroperitoneal Flank Apprach to L2- L5 of the Lumbar Spine; 22. Anterior Retroperitoneal Muscle-Sparing Approach to L2-S1 of the Lumbar Spine; 23. Anterior Retroperitoneal Flank Approach to L5-S1; 24. Anterior Extraperitoneal Midline Incision of L2-S1; 25. Transperitoneal Midline Approach to L4-S1; 26. Superior Hypogastric Sympathetic Plexus; 27. En Bloc Sacretomy; 28. Approach to the Posterior aspect of C1-2; 29. Posterior approach to the C1-C2 Joints; 30. Cervical Foraminotomy: Indications and Technique; 31. Microcervical Foraminotomy: an alternative posterior technique for intractable radicular pain; 32. Costotransversectomy; 33. Posterior & Posterolateral Approaches to the Thoracic Disc; 34. Posterior Approach to the Lower Lumbar Spine; 35. Lumbar Laminotomy, Foraminotoy, Root Decompression & Discectomy in the Lateral Position; 36. Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy; 37. Total En Bloc Spondylectomy: a new surgical technique for malignant vertebral tumors; 38a. Bilateral Paraspinous Lumbosacral Approach;

The lavishly-illustrated second edition of the highly successful Surgical Approaches to the Spine will continue the tradition of presenting clearly enumerated and illustrated, step-by-step surgical procedures for the spine. New to this edition are chapters on the anterior approach to clivus C1 & C2, transclavicular cervico-thoracic approach, transsternal approach to the cervico thoracic & upper thoracic spine, approaches to the sacrum & pelvis, and laparoscopic approaches.

From the reviews of the second edition:



"This second edition covers new areas like minimally invasive endoscopic approaches ... but deals with quite complicated ones as well. ... Thanks to the use of colour drawings and photographs, the iconography magnificently illustrates the clearcut text presented in a step-by-step methodical description. ... This attractive book will be of a tremendous interest for any adult as well as pediatric orthopaedist or neurosurgeon performing spinal surgery. We can congratulate the authors for this well conceived book and the editor for the quality ... ." (C.R. Muller, Acta Orthopaedica Belgica, Vol. 70 (3), 2004)

"Progress in spine surgery combined with the desire to make this work more complete prompted R.G. Watkins to direct this second edition. Several new chapters enrich this work, which now contains 43 chapters, constituting a solid base of work. ... The text is enhanced by an abundant of associated iconography with many photographs and drawings ... . The text is very didactic, with point-by-point descriptions ... . This update is essential for all those who practise spine surgery regularly and constitutes an indisputable reference." (Laurent Balabaud, European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, Vol. 15 (2), 2005)