Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques

Posterior Cervical Discectomy 31. Posterior Stabilization Using The Bohlman Triple Wire Technique 32. Posterior Stabilization Using the Titanium Rectangle Technique 33. Posterior Exposure and Release of Locked/Perched Facets 34. Posterior Stabilization Using Lateral Mass Plates 35. Posterior Cervical Spine Stabilization Using Interfacet Wires 36. Posterior Subaxial Cervical Spine Stabilization Using Sublaminar Cables 37. Surgical Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors 38. Posterior Approach for Resection of Intradural Extramedullary Tumors Section III: Cervico-thoracic Junction A: Pathology of the Cervicothoracic Junction 39. Tumors of the Cervicothoracic Junction B: Anterior Approach 40. Supraclavicular Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction 41. The Transsternal Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction 42. Transmanubrial Transclavicular Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction 43. Vertebrectomy Following Anterior Approaches 44. Anterior Reconstruction Following Decompression via Anterior Approaches C. Antero-Lateral Approach 45. Anterolateral Transthoracic approach D: Postero-Lateral Approach 46. Lateral Parascapular Extrapleural Exposure of the Upper Thoracic Spine Section IV: Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine A: Pathology of the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine 47. Congenital Anomalies of the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine 48. Disc Disease of the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine 49. Tumors of the Thoracolumbar Spine 50. Trauma of the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine B: Antero/Anterolateral Aproach 51. Lateral Transthoracic Approach to the Spine 52. Thoraco-abdominal Approach and Closure 53. Retroperitoneal Approach and Closure 54. Transthoracic Sympathectomy 55. Transthoracic Discectomy 56. Transthoracic Vertebrectomy 57. Anterolateral Graft and Plate Reconstruction C: Post-lateral Approach 58. Costotransversectomy D: Posterior Approach 59. Thoracic Laminectomy 60. Thoracic Laminoplasty 61. Thoracic Epidural Abscess 62. Thoracic Extension Osteotomy 63. Diagnosis & Management of Thoracic Disc Herniation & The Transpedicular Decompression for Thoracic Disc Herniation 64. Spinal AVMs 65. Intradural Extramedullary Tumor Resection in the Thoracic Spine 66. Open Antolateral Cordotomy 67. Commissural Myelotomy 68. The DREZ Operation 69. The Caudalis DREZ 70. Syrinoo- Pleural Shunting 71. Syringo -Subarachnoid Shunting 72. Syringo -Peritoneal Shunting 73. Posterior Approach and In-situ Fusion of the Thoracic Spine 74. Pedicle Screw Instrumentation of the Thoracic Spine Section V: Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine A: Pathology of the Lumbosacral Spine 75. Spondylosisthesis in Children 76. Lumbar Degenerative Disease 77. Tumors of the Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine 78. Trauma of the Lumbar Spine B: Anterior Approach 79. Computer-assisted Lumbar-sacral Fusion 80. Anterior Transperitoneal Approach to the Lumbosacral Junction C: Anterolateral Approach 81. Anterolateral Retroperitoneal Aproach to Lumbosacral Spine D: Posterior Approach 82. Approach to the Lumbar Spine 83. Lumbar Laminectomy 84. Hemilaminectomy 85. Foraminotomy 86. Microdiscectomy 87. Far Lateral Microdiscectomy 88. Repair of CFS Leak 89. Lumboperitoneal Shunt 90. Rhizotomy of the Lumbosacral Nerve Roots 91. Resection of cauda equina ependymomas 92. Release of the Tethered Spinal Cord 93. Resection of Lumbosacral Lipomas 94. Transverse Process Fusion 95. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Transpedicular Screw Fixation 96. Posterior Fusion with Hook Rod Stabilization 97. Posterior Fusion with Luque Instrumentation 98. Placement of Morphine or Baclofen Pumps 99. Myelomeningocele Repair 100. Excision of a Spinal Congenital Dermal Sinus/Dermoid 101. Resection of Sacro-coccygeal Teratoma 102. Surgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism 103. Repair of Diastamatomyelia 104. Sacral Agenesis 105. Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy of the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord for Spacticity in Cerebral Palsy 106. Iliac Crest Bone Grafting Section VI: Minimally Invasive Spine Procedures A: Cervical 107. Cervical Endoscopic Foraminotomy B: Thoracic 108. Thoracic Endoscopic Sympathectomy 109. Thorascopic Assisted Spinal Surgery C: Lumbar 110. Lumbar Chemonucleolysis 111.Arthroscopic and Endoscopic Microdiscectomy via a Paramedial Posteolateral Access 112. Foraminal Epidural Endoscopic Discectomy 113. Percutaneous Dorsal Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation 114. Retroperitoneal Exposure of the Lumbar Spine 115. Miroendoscopic Disectomy 116. Microendoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Stenosis 117. Microendoscopic Assisted Tranforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) 118. Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty Section VII: Peripheral Nerve A: Pathology of the Brachial Plexus 119. Neoplasms of Peripheral Nerves 120. Evaluation and Treatment of Traumatic Peripheral Nerve Injuries 121. Compressive Lesions of the Peripheral Nerve B: Brachial Plexus 122. Supraclavicular Approach to Brachial Plexus Surgery 123. Infraclavicular Approach to Brachial Plexus Surgery 124. Surgical Approach to the Spinal Accessory Nerve 125. Surgical Approach to the Axillary Nerve 126. The Musculocutaneous Nerve 127. The Median Nerve 128. Radial and Ulnar Nerve C: Pathology of the Lumbosacral Plexus 129. Trauma to the Lumbrosacral Plexus 130. Tumors of the Lumbrosacral Plexus D: Lumbosacral Plexus 131. Approach to Nerves of the Lower Extremity 132. Sural Nerve E: Other Nerves 133. Intercostal Nerve 134. Surgical Management of Ilioionguinal Neuralgia 135. Surgical Management of Genitofemoral Neuralgia 136. Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve and Intercostal Nerve 137. Nerve Graft Harvesting and Repair Techniques