Neurosurgery Tricks of the Trade

Neurosurgery Tricks of the Trade: Spine and Peripheral Nerves presents core surgical procedures in a concise, highly didactic format, enabling surgeons to quickly grasp their essence from the bulleted text and superb illustrations that accompany them. Expert neurosurgeons specializing in the spine and peripheral nerves describe how they perform common procedures and offer surgical tips and pearls.

Key Features:

• Distills a wealth of information in a concise, step-by-step format, making it easy for neurosurgeons and other spine specialists to review how procedures are performed
• Includes more than 100 procedures focusing on the spine and peripheral nerves, each accompanied by high-quality, original illustrations
• Presents all procedures using a consistent outline and covers topics in either a pathology-based or an approach-based manner

Surgeons at all levels, from residents learning procedures to experienced practitioners needing a quick refresher, will find this book and its companion volume, Neurosurgery Tricks of the Trade: Cranial, to be invaluable resources throughout their surgical careers.

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= Approach-based chapter
= Pathology-based chapter
Approaches to the Spine
Craniocervical and Atlantoaxial Junctions
1 Transoral Approach to the Craniovertebral Junction
2 Odontoid Screw Placement
3 Occipital Cervical Instrumentation
4 C1 C2 Posterior Instrumentation
5 C1 C2 Transarticular Screw Fixation
6 C1 C2 and Subaxial Posterior Wiring: Sublaminar Technique
Anterior Cervical Approaches
7 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion
8 Cervical Corpectomy
9 Cervical Artificial Disk
Posterior Cervical Approaches
10 Cervical Laminectomy
11 Cervical Laminoforaminotomy
12 Posterior Cervical Wiring (Interspinous and Facet Wiring)
13 Cervical Lateral Mass Screw Placement
14 Cervical Laminoplasty
15 Cervicothoracic Junction Approach
Thoracic Approaches
16 Transthoracic Diskectomy: Anterior Approach
17 Thoracic Transpedicular/Lateral Costotransversectomy Corpectomy
18 Lateral Extracavitary Approach to the Thoracic Spine
19 Thoracic Pedicle Screw Placement
Anterior Lumbar Approaches
20 Approach to Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
21 Retroperitoneal Approach for Lumbar Corpectomy
22 Lumbar Artificial Disk
Posterior Lumbar Approaches
23 Lumbar Laminectomy and Laminotomy
24 Posterior Lumbar Diskectomy
25 Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
26 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
27 Lumbar Pedicle Screw Placement
28 Surgical Reduction of Spondylolisthesis
29 Sacral Iliac Screw Placement
30 Sacroiliac Joint Arthrodesis and Fixation
31 Dynamic Posterior Lumbar Stabilization
32 Interspinous Distraction Device
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
33 Endoscopic Transcervical Odontoidectomy
34 Minimally Invasive Cervical Decompression: Anterior Cervical Microforaminotomy
35 Thoracoscopic Approach to the Thoracic Spine
36 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
37 Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiskectomy
38 Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
39 Direct Lateral Interbody Fusion
40 Transsacral Axial Lumbar Interbody Fusion
41 Percutaneous Facet Screws
42 Percutaneous Pedicle Screws
43 Percutaneous Endoscopic Thoracic Diskectomy
44 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy
45 3D Navigation for Pedicle Screw Placement: Image Guidance
Spine by Pathology
Spine Trauma
46 Cervical Jumped Facets
47 Cervical Fracture/Dislocation
48 Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: Posterior Approach
49 Anterior Transthoracic Approach for the Treatment of Vertebral Fractures
Spine Infections
50 Spinal Epidural Abscess
51 Thoracoscopic Diskectomy and Instrumented Fusion for Thoracic Diskitis and Osteomyelitis
52 Primary Reconstruction in Spinal Infection
53 C1 C2 Puncture
54 Lumbar Puncture/Drain
55 Lumboperitoneal Shunt for Coccidiomycosis Meningitis
Spinal Tumors
56 Anterolateral Approach to Thoracic Spinal Tumors: Retropleural Corpectomy
57 Thoracoscopic Corpectomy and Stabilization for Metastatic Spine Tumors
58 Total En Bloc Spondylectomy in Tumor Resection
59 Intradural Extramedullary Tumors: Spinal Schwannomas
60 Extramedullary Tumors: Metastatic Tumor
61 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors: Ependymomas and Astrocytomas
62 Radiosurgery for Metastatic Spinal Disease
Spinal Vascular Malformations
63 Spinal Arteriovenous Fistulas and Malformations
64 Cavernous Malformation of the Spinal Cord
65 Endovascular Treatment of Spinal Vascular Lesions
66 Stereotactic Radiosurgery of Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations
Spine Pain / Spasticity Management
67 Spinal Cord Stimulation
68 Spinal Cord Stimulation for Ischemic Heart Disease
69 Placement of Intrathecal Baclofen or Morphine Pump
70 Microsurgical DREZotomy for Pain
71 Percutaneous Cordotomy
72 Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Bladder Emptying after Spinal Cord Injury
73 Cervical Facet Joint Injection
74 Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections
75 Lumbar Diskography
76 Lumbar Facet Blocks
Pediatric Spine Surgery
77 Selective Dorsal Rhizotomies for Children with Cerebral Palsy
78 Spinal Dysraphism and Lipomas
79 Spinal Dysraphism: Meningocele and Myelomeningocele
80 Management of Chiari Malformations and Syringohydromyelia
81 Tethered Cord Release in Children
Special Topics
82 Management of Progressive Posttraumatic Cystic/Myelomalacic Myelopathy (Tethered Cord Syndrome) in the Adult
83 Duraplasty
84 Surgical Management of Cervical Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
85 Surgical Management of Ankylosing Spondylitis
86 Cauda Equina Syndrome
87 Arthrodesis: Source and Technique
88 Neuromonitoring: Electromyography, Somatosensory Evoked Potentials, and Motor Evoked Potentials
Peripheral Nerves: Upper Extremity
89 Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery
90 In Situ Decompression of the Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow
91 Radial Nerve Decompression
92 Brachial Plexus Repair
93 Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury Repair
94 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
95 Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy
96 Thoracoscopic Resection of Paraspinal Tumors
Peripheral Nerves: Lower Extremity
97 Exposure of the Sciatic Nerve
98 Tibial and Peroneal Nerve Exposure
99 Tarsal Tunnel Release
100 Femoral and Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Exposure
101 Sural Nerve Biopsy
Peripheral Nerves: Special Topics
102 Muscle Biopsy
103 Peripheral Nerve Grafting