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Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery E-Book
Rahul Jandial | Paul McCormick | Peter M Black
(2011)
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Abstract
Core Techniques in Operative Neurosurgery provides step-by-step guidance to help you effectively manage the full range of cranial and spinal neurosurgical disorders. Drs. Rahul Jandial, Paul McCormick, and Peter Black offer their expertise and experience in consistent chapters that cover the indications and contraindications, pitfalls, tips and tricks, and more for each procedure. With access to the full text and procedural videos online at www.expertconsult.com, you’ll have everything you need to minimize risk and get the best results.
- Master each technique by watching step-by-step videos online at www.expertconsult.com, and access the book’s complete text and illustrations.
- Find information easily with consistent chapters that include indications and contraindications, common pitfalls, bailout options, and tips and tricks from the experts for each procedure.
- Apply the expertise and experience of the world’s leading authorities in the field of neurosurgery.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Core Techniques: In Operative Neurosurgery | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| Dedication 1 | v | ||
| Dedication 2 | vii | ||
| Section Editors | ix | ||
| Contributors | xi | ||
| Preface | xxi | ||
| Acknowledgments | xxiii | ||
| Contents | xxv | ||
| Part One: Cranial | 1 | ||
| Section 1: General | 3 | ||
| Procedure 1: Pterional (Frontosphenotemporal) Craniotomy | 4 | ||
| Indications | 4 | ||
| Contraindications | 4 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 4 | ||
| Procedure | 5 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 10 | ||
| Bailout Options | 12 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 12 | ||
| Procedure 2: Occipital Craniotomy | 13 | ||
| Indications | 13 | ||
| Contraindications | 13 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 13 | ||
| Procedure | 13 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 15 | ||
| Bailout Options | 16 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 16 | ||
| Procedure 3: Temporal and Frontotemporal Craniotomy | 17 | ||
| Indications | 17 | ||
| Contraindications | 17 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 17 | ||
| Procedure | 18 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 20 | ||
| Bailout Options | 20 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 20 | ||
| Procedure 4: Subtemporal (Intradural and Extradural) Craniotomy | 21 | ||
| Indications | 21 | ||
| Contraindications | 21 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 21 | ||
| Procedure | 21 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 24 | ||
| Bailout Options | 25 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 25 | ||
| Procedure 5: Suboccipital Craniotomy | 26 | ||
| Indications | 26 | ||
| Contraindications | 26 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 26 | ||
| Procedure | 26 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 29 | ||
| Bailout Options | 30 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 30 | ||
| Procedure 6: Extended Retrosigmoid Craniotomy | 31 | ||
| Indications | 31 | ||
| Contraindications | 31 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 31 | ||
| Procedure | 32 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 34 | ||
| Bailout Options | 35 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 35 | ||
| Procedure 7: Presigmoid Approaches to Posterior Fossa... | 36 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 36 | ||
| Translabyrinthine Approach | 37 | ||
| Transcochlear Approach | 41 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 44 | ||
| Bailout Options | 45 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 45 | ||
| Procedure 8: Transcallosal Approach | 46 | ||
| Indications | 46 | ||
| Contraindications | 46 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 46 | ||
| Procedure | 47 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 51 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 52 | ||
| Procedure 9: Transnasal Transsphenoidal Approach to Sellar and Suprasellar Lesions | 53 | ||
| Indications | 53 | ||
| Contraindications | 53 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 53 | ||
| Procedure | 55 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 58 | ||
| Bailout Options | 59 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 59 | ||
| Procedure 10: Supracerebellar Infratentorial Approach | 60 | ||
| Indications | 60 | ||
| Contraindications | 60 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 60 | ||
| Procedure | 61 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 63 | ||
| Bailout Options | 63 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 64 | ||
| Procedure 11: Occipital Transtentorial Approach | 65 | ||
| Indications | 65 | ||
| Contraindications | 65 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 65 | ||
| Procedure | 66 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 67 | ||
| Bailout Options | 69 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 69 | ||
| Procedure 12: Trauma Flap | 70 | ||
| Indications | 70 | ||
| Contraindications | 70 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 70 | ||
| Procedure | 70 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 73 | ||
| Bailout Options | 74 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 74 | ||
| Procedure 13: Parasagittal Approach | 75 | ||
| Indications | 75 | ||
| Contraindications | 75 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 75 | ||
| Procedure | 77 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 80 | ||
| Bailout Options | 80 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 81 | ||
| Procedure 14: Supraorbital (Keyhole) Craniotomy with Optional Orbital Osteotomy | 82 | ||
| Indications | 82 | ||
| Contraindications | 82 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 82 | ||
| Procedure | 83 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 85 | ||
| Bailout Options | 87 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 88 | ||
| Section 2: Skull Base | 89 | ||
| Procedure 15: Frontotemporal Craniotomy with Orbitozygomatic Osteotomy | 90 | ||
| Indications | 90 | ||
| Contraindications | 90 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 90 | ||
| Procedure | 91 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 95 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 96 | ||
| Procedure 16: Subfrontal and Bifrontal Craniotomies with or without Orbital Osteotomy | 97 | ||
| Indications | 97 | ||
| Contraindications | 97 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 97 | ||
| Procedure | 98 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 102 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 103 | ||
| Procedure 17: Far-Lateral Suboccipital Approach | 104 | ||
| Indications | 104 | ||
| Contraindications | 104 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 104 | ||
| Procedure | 104 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 109 | ||
| Bailout Options | 109 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 110 | ||
| Procedure 18: Temporopolar (Half-and-Half) Approach to the Basilar Artery and the Retrosellar Space | 111 | ||
| Indications | 111 | ||
| Contraindications | 111 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 111 | ||
| Procedure | 112 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 116 | ||
| Bailout Options | 116 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 116 | ||
| Procedure 19: Middle Fossa Craniotomy and Approach to the Internal Auditory Canal or Petrous Apex | 117 | ||
| Indications | 117 | ||
| Contraindications | 117 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 117 | ||
| Procedure | 117 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 120 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 121 | ||
| Procedure 20: Retrolabyrinthine Approach | 122 | ||
| Indications | 122 | ||
| Contraindications | 122 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 122 | ||
| Procedure | 122 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 126 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 126 | ||
| Section 3: Vascular | 127 | ||
| Procedure 21: Pterional Craniotomy for Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping | 129 | ||
| Indications | 129 | ||
| Contraindications | 129 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 129 | ||
| Procedure | 131 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 137 | ||
| Bailout Options | 137 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 137 | ||
| Procedure 22: Pterional Craniotomy for Posterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm Clipping | 138 | ||
| Indications | 138 | ||
| Contraindications | 138 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 138 | ||
| Procedure | 139 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 141 | ||
| Bailout Options | 141 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 141 | ||
| Procedure 23: Paraclinoid Carotid Artery Aneurysms | 142 | ||
| Indications | 142 | ||
| Contraindications | 142 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 142 | ||
| Procedure | 144 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 151 | ||
| Bailout Options | 152 | ||
| Procedure 24: Middle Cerebral Artery Aneurysms... | 153 | ||
| Indications | 153 | ||
| Contraindications | 153 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 153 | ||
| Procedure | 153 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 159 | ||
| Bailout Options | 159 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 160 | ||
| Procedure 25: Paramedian Craniotomy and Unilateral Anterior Interhemispheric Approach for Clipping of Distal Anterior Cerebral... | 161 | ||
| Indications | 161 | ||
| Contraindications | 161 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 161 | ||
| Procedure | 163 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 167 | ||
| Bailout Options | 169 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 169 | ||
| Procedure 26: Vertebral Artery Aneurysms... | 170 | ||
| Indications | 170 | ||
| Contraindications | 170 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 170 | ||
| Procedure | 172 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 174 | ||
| Bailout Options | 175 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 175 | ||
| Procedure 27: Basilar Artery Aneurysm... | 176 | ||
| Indications | 176 | ||
| Contraindications | 176 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 176 | ||
| Procedure | 177 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 181 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 182 | ||
| Procedure 28: Craniotomy for Resection of Intracranial Cortical Arteriovenous Malformation | 183 | ||
| Indications | 183 | ||
| Contraindications | 183 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 183 | ||
| Procedure | 184 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 187 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 191 | ||
| Procedure 29: Subcortical Arteriovenous Malformations... | 192 | ||
| Indications | 192 | ||
| Contraindications | 192 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 192 | ||
| Procedure | 194 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 197 | ||
| Bailout Options | 198 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 198 | ||
| Procedure 30: Cranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula Disconnection | 199 | ||
| Indications | 199 | ||
| Contraindications | 201 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 201 | ||
| Procedure | 201 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 207 | ||
| Bailout Options | 207 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 207 | ||
| Procedure 31: Cavernous Malformations | 208 | ||
| Indications | 208 | ||
| Contraindications | 208 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 208 | ||
| Procedure | 210 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 216 | ||
| Bailout Options | 217 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 217 | ||
| Procedure 32: Superficial Temporal Artery-Middle Cerebral Artery Bypass | 218 | ||
| Indications | 218 | ||
| Contraindications | 218 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 218 | ||
| Procedure | 220 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 225 | ||
| Bailout Options | 226 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 226 | ||
| Procedure 33: Extracranial-Intracranial High-Flow Bypass | 227 | ||
| Indications | 227 | ||
| Contraindications | 227 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 227 | ||
| Procedure | 230 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 237 | ||
| Bailout Options | 238 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 238 | ||
| Procedure 34: Open Evacuation of Intracerebral Hematoma | 239 | ||
| Indications | 239 | ||
| Contraindications | 239 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 239 | ||
| Procedure | 241 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 242 | ||
| Bailout Options | 243 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 243 | ||
| Procedure 35: Image-Guided Catheter Evacuation and Thrombolysis for Intracerebral Hematoma | 244 | ||
| Indications | 244 | ||
| Contraindications | 244 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 245 | ||
| Procedure | 246 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 249 | ||
| Bailout Options | 251 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 252 | ||
| Section 4: Functional | 253 | ||
| Procedure 36: Anteromedial Temporal Lobe Resection | 254 | ||
| Indications | 254 | ||
| Contraindications | 254 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 254 | ||
| Procedure | 255 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 261 | ||
| Bailout Options | 262 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 263 | ||
| Procedure 37: Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy | 264 | ||
| Indications | 264 | ||
| Contraindications | 264 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 264 | ||
| Procedure | 265 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 268 | ||
| Bailout Options | 270 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 270 | ||
| Procedure 38: Seizure Focus Monitor Placement | 271 | ||
| Indications | 271 | ||
| Contraindications | 271 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 271 | ||
| Procedure | 272 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 277 | ||
| Bailout Options | 278 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 278 | ||
| Procedure 39: Awake Craniotomy | 279 | ||
| Indications | 279 | ||
| Contraindications | 279 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 279 | ||
| Procedure | 280 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 283 | ||
| Bailout Options | 283 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 283 | ||
| Procedure 40: Corpus Callosotomy (Anterior and Complete) | 284 | ||
| Indications | 284 | ||
| Contraindications | 284 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 284 | ||
| Procedure | 285 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 287 | ||
| Bailout Options | 289 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 289 | ||
| Procedure 41: Thalamotomy and Pallidotomy | 290 | ||
| Indications | 290 | ||
| Contraindications | 290 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 291 | ||
| Procedure | 292 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 298 | ||
| Bailout Options | 300 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 300 | ||
| Procedure 42: Deep Brain Stimulation | 301 | ||
| Indications | 301 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 152 | ||
| Contraindications | 301 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 301 | ||
| Procedure | 303 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 306 | ||
| Bailout Options | 307 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 307 | ||
| Procedure 43: Motor Cortex Stimulator Placement | 308 | ||
| Indications | 308 | ||
| Contraindications | 308 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 309 | ||
| Procedure | 310 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 313 | ||
| Bailout Options | 314 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 314 | ||
| Procedure 44: Occipital and Supraorbital Nerve Stimulator Placement | 315 | ||
| Indications | 315 | ||
| Contraindications | 315 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 315 | ||
| Procedure | 317 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 319 | ||
| Bailout Options | 320 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 320 | ||
| Section 5: Other | 321 | ||
| Procedure 45: Cranioplasty (Autogenous, Cadaveric, and Alloplastic) | 322 | ||
| Indications | 322 | ||
| Contraindications | 322 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 322 | ||
| Procedure | 324 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 326 | ||
| Bailout Options | 327 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 327 | ||
| Procedure 46: Endoscopic Transsphenoidal Approach | 328 | ||
| Indications | 328 | ||
| Contraindications | 328 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 329 | ||
| Procedure | 330 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 337 | ||
| Bailout Options | 338 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 338 | ||
| Procedure 47: Endoscopic Colloid Cyst Removal | 339 | ||
| Indications | 339 | ||
| Contraindications | 339 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 339 | ||
| Procedure | 339 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 341 | ||
| Bailout Options | 342 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 342 | ||
| Procedure 48: Encephalocele Repair | 343 | ||
| Indications | 343 | ||
| Contraindications | 343 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 343 | ||
| Procedure | 343 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 347 | ||
| Bailout Options | 347 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 348 | ||
| Procedure 49: Craniosynostosis... | 349 | ||
| Indications | 349 | ||
| Contraindications | 349 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 350 | ||
| Procedure | 350 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 354 | ||
| Bailout Options | 354 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 355 | ||
| Procedure 50: Arachnoid Cyst Fenestration | 356 | ||
| Indications | 356 | ||
| Contraindications | 356 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 356 | ||
| Procedure | 357 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 360 | ||
| Bailout Options | 360 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 360 | ||
| Procedure 51: Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy | 361 | ||
| Indications | 361 | ||
| Contraindications | 361 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 361 | ||
| Procedure | 362 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 365 | ||
| Bailout Options | 366 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 366 | ||
| Procedure 52: Insertion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt | 367 | ||
| Indications | 367 | ||
| Contraindications | 367 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 367 | ||
| Procedure | 367 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 371 | ||
| Bailout Options | 371 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 371 | ||
| Part Two: Spinal | 373 | ||
| Section 6: Cervical | 375 | ||
| Procedure 53: Anterior C1-2 Fixation | 376 | ||
| Procedure Notes | 376 | ||
| Indications | 376 | ||
| Contraindications | 376 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 376 | ||
| Procedure | 377 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 383 | ||
| Bailout Options | 383 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 383 | ||
| Procedure 54: Transarticular Screws for C1-2 Fixation | 384 | ||
| Indications | 384 | ||
| Contraindications | 384 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 384 | ||
| Procedure | 385 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 388 | ||
| Bailout Options | 390 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 390 | ||
| Procedure 55: C1-2 Posterior Cervical Fusion | 391 | ||
| Indications | 391 | ||
| Contraindications | 391 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 391 | ||
| Procedure | 392 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 394 | ||
| Bailout Options | 395 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 396 | ||
| Procedure 56: Occipitocervical Fusion | 397 | ||
| Indications | 397 | ||
| Contraindications | 397 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 397 | ||
| Procedure | 398 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 401 | ||
| Bailout Options | 402 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 402 | ||
| Procedure 57: Transoral Odontoidectomy | 403 | ||
| Indications | 403 | ||
| Contraindications | 403 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 403 | ||
| Procedure | 403 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 404 | ||
| Bailout Options | 408 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 408 | ||
| Procedure 58: Odontoid Screw Fixation | 409 | ||
| Indications | 409 | ||
| Contraindications | 409 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 409 | ||
| Procedure | 410 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 413 | ||
| Bailout Options | 415 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 415 | ||
| Procedure 59: Anterior Cervical Diskectomy | 416 | ||
| Indications | 416 | ||
| Contraindications | 416 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 416 | ||
| Procedure | 417 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 419 | ||
| Bailout Options | 421 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 421 | ||
| Procedure 60: Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion | 422 | ||
| Indications | 422 | ||
| Contraindications | 422 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 422 | ||
| Procedure | 424 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 428 | ||
| Bailout Options | 429 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 429 | ||
| Procedure 61: Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty | 430 | ||
| Indications | 430 | ||
| Contraindications | 430 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 430 | ||
| Procedure | 430 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 433 | ||
| Bailout Options | 433 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 433 | ||
| Procedure 62: Lateral Mass Fixation | 434 | ||
| Indications | 434 | ||
| Contraindications | 434 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 434 | ||
| Procedure | 434 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 438 | ||
| Bailout Options | 438 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 438 | ||
| Procedure 63: Posterior Cervicothoracic Osteotomy | 439 | ||
| Indications | 439 | ||
| Contraindications | 439 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 439 | ||
| Procedure | 439 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 442 | ||
| Bailout Options | 442 | ||
| Section 7: Thoracic | 443 | ||
| Procedure 64: Thoracic Diskectomy-Transthoracic Approach | 444 | ||
| Indications | 444 | ||
| Contraindications | 444 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 444 | ||
| Procedure | 444 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 448 | ||
| Bailout Options | 448 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 448 | ||
| Procedure 65: Thoracic Corpectomy-Anterior Approach | 449 | ||
| Indications | 449 | ||
| Contraindications | 449 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 449 | ||
| Procedure | 450 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 454 | ||
| Bailout Options | 455 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 455 | ||
| Procedure 66: Costotransversectomy | 456 | ||
| Indications | 456 | ||
| Contraindications | 456 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 456 | ||
| Procedure | 457 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 463 | ||
| Bailout Options | 464 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 464 | ||
| Procedure 67: Thoracic Transpedicular Corpectomy | 465 | ||
| Indications | 465 | ||
| Contraindications | 465 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 465 | ||
| Procedure | 467 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 472 | ||
| Bailout Options | 473 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 473 | ||
| Procedure 68: Smith-Petersen Osteotomy | 474 | ||
| Indications | 474 | ||
| Contraindications | 474 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 474 | ||
| Procedure | 474 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 475 | ||
| Bailout Options | 476 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 477 | ||
| Procedure 69: Thoracic Pedicle Screws | 478 | ||
| Indications | 478 | ||
| Contraindications | 478 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 478 | ||
| Procedure | 478 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 481 | ||
| Bailout Options | 482 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 482 | ||
| Section 8: Lumbosacral | 483 | ||
| Procedure 70: Lumbar Laminectomy | 484 | ||
| Indications | 484 | ||
| Contraindications | 484 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 484 | ||
| Procedure | 484 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 488 | ||
| Bailout Options | 488 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 488 | ||
| Procedure 71: Lumbar Microdiskectomy | 489 | ||
| Indications | 489 | ||
| Contraindications | 489 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 489 | ||
| Procedure | 490 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 491 | ||
| Bailout Options | 493 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 493 | ||
| Procedure 72: Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion | 494 | ||
| Indications | 494 | ||
| Contraindications | 494 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 494 | ||
| Procedure | 495 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 498 | ||
| Bailout Options | 498 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 499 | ||
| Procedure 73: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion | 500 | ||
| Indications | 500 | ||
| Contraindications | 500 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 500 | ||
| Procedure | 501 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 503 | ||
| Bailout Options | 504 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 504 | ||
| Procedure 74: Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion | 505 | ||
| Indications | 505 | ||
| Contraindications | 505 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 505 | ||
| Procedure | 506 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 509 | ||
| Bailout Options | 509 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 509 | ||
| Procedure 75: Anterior Lumbar Corpectomy | 510 | ||
| Indications | 510 | ||
| Contraindications | 510 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 510 | ||
| Procedure | 511 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 513 | ||
| Bailout Options | 515 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 515 | ||
| Procedure 76: Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy | 516 | ||
| Indications | 516 | ||
| Contraindications | 516 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 516 | ||
| Procedure | 517 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 519 | ||
| Bailout Options | 521 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 521 | ||
| Procedure 77: Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty | 522 | ||
| Indications | 522 | ||
| Contraindications | 522 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 522 | ||
| Procedure | 522 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 527 | ||
| Bailout Options | 527 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 527 | ||
| Procedure 78: Pelvic Fixation | 528 | ||
| Procedure Notes | 528 | ||
| Indications | 528 | ||
| Contraindications | 528 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 528 | ||
| Procedure | 529 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 532 | ||
| Bailout Options | 534 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 534 | ||
| Procedure 79: Partial Sacrectomy | 535 | ||
| Indications | 535 | ||
| Contraindications | 535 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 535 | ||
| Procedure | 535 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 538 | ||
| Bailout Options | 539 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 539 | ||
| Section 9: Minimally Invasive Spine | 541 | ||
| Procedure 80: Minimally Invasive C1-2 Fusion | 542 | ||
| Indications | 542 | ||
| Contraindications | 542 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 542 | ||
| Procedure | 543 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 547 | ||
| Bailout Options | 547 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 547 | ||
| Procedure 81: Lumbar Microdiskectomy | 548 | ||
| Indications | 548 | ||
| Contraindications | 548 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 548 | ||
| Procedure | 548 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 551 | ||
| Bailout Options | 552 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 552 | ||
| Procedure 82: Minimally Invasive Thoracic Corpectomy | 553 | ||
| Indications | 553 | ||
| Contraindications | 553 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 553 | ||
| Procedure | 554 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 558 | ||
| Bailout Options | 559 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 559 | ||
| Procedure 83: Thoracoscopic Diskectomy | 560 | ||
| Indications | 560 | ||
| Contraindications | 560 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 560 | ||
| Procedure | 561 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 564 | ||
| Bailout Options | 564 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 565 | ||
| Procedure 84: Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement | 566 | ||
| Indications | 566 | ||
| Contraindications | 566 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 566 | ||
| Procedure | 566 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 574 | ||
| Bailout Options | 575 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 575 | ||
| Procedure 85: TranS1 Sacral | 576 | ||
| Indications | 576 | ||
| Contraindications | 576 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 576 | ||
| Procedure | 579 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 583 | ||
| Bailout Options | 587 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 587 | ||
| Procedure 86: Minimally Invasive Direct Lateral Transpsoas Interbody Fusion | 588 | ||
| Indications | 588 | ||
| Contraindications | 588 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 588 | ||
| Procedure | 590 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 595 | ||
| Bailout Options | 597 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 598 | ||
| Section 10: Other | 599 | ||
| Procedure 87: Spinal Cord Arteriovenous Malformations | 600 | ||
| Indications | 600 | ||
| Contraindications | 600 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 600 | ||
| Procedure | 601 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 606 | ||
| Bailout Options | 606 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 606 | ||
| Procedure 88: Surgical Management of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas | 607 | ||
| Indications | 607 | ||
| Contraindications | 607 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 607 | ||
| Procedure | 609 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 611 | ||
| Bailout Options | 612 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 612 | ||
| Procedure 89: Intramedullary Spinal Cord Cavernous Malformation | 613 | ||
| Indications | 613 | ||
| Contraindications | 613 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 613 | ||
| Procedure | 614 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 618 | ||
| Bailout Options | 618 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 618 | ||
| Procedure 90: Spinal Cord Stimulator | 619 | ||
| Indications | 619 | ||
| Contraindications | 619 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 619 | ||
| Procedure | 619 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 624 | ||
| Bailout Options | 625 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 625 | ||
| Procedure 91: Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy | 626 | ||
| Indications | 626 | ||
| Contraindications | 626 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 626 | ||
| Procedure | 627 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 628 | ||
| Bailout Options | 630 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 631 | ||
| Procedure 92: Primary Myelomeningocele Closure | 632 | ||
| Indications | 632 | ||
| Contraindications | 632 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 632 | ||
| Procedure | 632 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 637 | ||
| Bailout Options | 637 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 638 | ||
| Procedure 93: Tethered Cord Release | 639 | ||
| Indications | 639 | ||
| Contraindications | 639 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 639 | ||
| Procedure | 640 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 645 | ||
| Bailout Options | 645 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 645 | ||
| Procedure 94: Exploration for Injury to an Infant's Brachial Plexus | 646 | ||
| Indications | 646 | ||
| Contraindications | 646 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 646 | ||
| Procedure | 646 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 650 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 651 | ||
| Procedure 95: Ulnar Nerve Release | 652 | ||
| Indications | 652 | ||
| Contraindications | 652 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 652 | ||
| Procedure | 653 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 654 | ||
| Bailout Options | 655 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 655 | ||
| Procedure 96: Open Carpal Tunnel Release | 656 | ||
| Indications | 656 | ||
| Contraindications | 656 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 656 | ||
| Procedure | 656 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 658 | ||
| Bailout Options | 659 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 659 | ||
| Procedure 97: Intradural Nerve Sheath Tumors | 660 | ||
| Indications | 660 | ||
| Contraindications | 660 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 660 | ||
| Procedure | 660 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 665 | ||
| Bailout Options | 665 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 665 | ||
| Procedure 98: Intradural Tumor-Meningioma | 666 | ||
| Indications | 666 | ||
| Contraindications | 666 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 666 | ||
| Procedure | 667 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 671 | ||
| Bailout Options | 672 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 672 | ||
| Procedure 99: Intramedullary Glioma | 673 | ||
| Indications | 673 | ||
| Contraindications | 673 | ||
| Planning and Positioning | 673 | ||
| Procedure | 674 | ||
| Tips from the Masters | 678 | ||
| Bailout Options | 678 | ||
| Suggested Readings | 679 | ||
| Index | 681 | ||
| Video Contents | 705 | ||
| Inside Front Cover | 706 |