Spine secrets / editor, Vincent J. Devlin.

Includes bibliographical references.

Clinically relevant anatomy of the cervical region -- Clinically relevant anatomy of the thoracic region -- Clinically relevant anatomy of the lumbar and sacral region -- Evaluation of cervical spine disorders -- Evaluation of thoracic and lumbar spine disorders -- Evaluation of spinal deformities -- Evaluation of impairment, disability, and workers' compensation -- Strategies for imaging and diagnosis in spinal disorders -- Radiographic assessment of the spine -- Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine -- Computed tomography and CT-myelography -- Nuclear imaging and spinal disorders -- Cervical spinal disorders: Nonsurgical management strategies -- Thoracic and lumbar spinal disorders: Nonsurgical management strategies -- Pharmacologic management of pain in spine disorders -- Diagnostic and therapeutic spinal injections -- Electrodiagnosis in spinal disorders -- Spinal orthoses -- Indications for surgical intervention in spinal disorders and when not to operate -- Preoperative assessment and planning for patients undergoing spine surgery -- Anesthetic considerations and intraoperative management during spine surgery -- Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring during spinal procedures -- Postoperative management and adverse events after spine surgery -- Procedures for decompression of the spinal cord and nerve roots -- Spinal arthrodesis, graft materials, and graft techniques -- Surgical approaches to the occiput and cervical spine -- Surgical approaches to the thoracic, lumbar, and lumbosacral spine -- Occipital and cervical spine instrumentation -- Thoracic and lumbar spine instrumentation -- Instrumentation and fusion at the lumbosacral junction and pelvis -- Minimally invasive spine surgery -- Artificial disc replacement -- Revision spine surgery -- Spinal cord stimulation and implantable drug delivery systems -- Pediatric back pain -- Pediatric cervical disorders -- Early-onset scoliosis -- Idiopathic scoliosis -- Congenital spinal deformities -- Neuromuscular spinal deformities -- Sagittal plane deformities in pediatric patients -- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in pediatric patients -- Pediatric spinal trauma -- Pathophysiology and pathoanatomy of degenerative disorders of the adult spine -- Cervical degenerative disorders -- Thoracic disc herniation and stenosis -- Lumbar disc herniation -- Discogenic low back pain -- Lumbar spinal stenosis -- Disorders of the sacroiliac joint -- Adult idiopathic and degenerative scoliosis -- Sagittal plane deformities in adults -- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in adults -- Evaluation of the spine trauma patient -- Spinal cord injury -- Upper cervical spine trauma -- Lower cervical spine injuries -- Thoracic and lumbar spine fractures -- Sacral fractures -- Spinal injuries in athletes -- Disorders of the spinal cord and related structures -- Primary spine tumors -- Metastatic spine tumors -- Metabolic bone diseases of the spine -- Treatment options for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures -- Spinal infections -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Ankylosing spondylitis and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis -- Spinal navigation, robotic surgery, and three-dimensional printing.

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