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Abstract
Spine Secrets Plus—a Secrets Series® title in the new PLUS format— gives you the answers you need to succeed on your rotations, your boards, and your career. Dr. Vincent J. Devlin provides the expert perspective you need to grasp the nuances of spine surgery and related specialties. This new edition offers expanded coverage, a larger format, and colorful visual elements to provide an overall enhanced learning experience. All this, along with the popular question-and answer approach, makes it a perfect concise board review tool and a handy clinical reference.
- Prepare effectively with the proven question-and-answer format of the highly acclaimed Secrets Series®.
- Master all common conditions and their treatments.
- Identify key facts using the "Top 100 Secrets".
- Review material quickly thanks to bulleted lists, tables, and short answers.
- Apply memory aids and "secrets" from experts in the field.
- Get an overall enhanced learning experience from the new PLUS format, with an expanded size and layout for easier review, more information, and full-color visual elements.
- Stay current on the latest standards in medical care thanks to extensive updates, including new chapters on Spinal Cord Stimulation and Implantable Drug Delivery Systems, Special surgical Techniques for the Growing Spine, Pathophysiology of Degenerative Disorders of the Spine, Discogenic Low Back Pain, Treatment Options for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures, and Disorders Affecting the Spinal Cord and Nerve Roots.
- See a clearer picture of what you encounter in practice through larger, detailed images and illustrations.
- Find information quickly and easily with additional color that enhances tables, legends, key points, and websites.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| SPINE SECRETS PLUS, SECOND EDITION | i | ||
| Copyright page | ii | ||
| Dedication page | iii | ||
| Preface | v | ||
| Contributors | vii | ||
| Table of Contents | xi | ||
| Top 100 Secrets | 1 | ||
| PART I REGIONAL SPINAL ANATOMY | 9 | ||
| CHAPTER 1 CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANATOMY OF THE CERVICAL REGION | 10 | ||
| OSTEOLOGY | 10 | ||
| ARTICULATIONS, LIGAMENTS, AND DISCS | 12 | ||
| NEURAL ANATOMY | 14 | ||
| VASCULAR STRUCTURES OF THE CERVICAL REGION | 16 | ||
| FASCIA AND MUSCULATURE OF THE CERVICAL SPINE | 17 | ||
| Key Points | 18 | ||
| Websites | 18 | ||
| Bibliography | 18 | ||
| CHAPTER 2 CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANATOMY OF THE THORACIC REGION | 19 | ||
| OSTEOLOGY | 19 | ||
| ARTICULATIONS, LIGAMENTS, AND DISCS | 20 | ||
| NEURAL ANATOMY | 21 | ||
| VASCULAR STRUCTURES | 22 | ||
| FASCIA, MUSCULATURE, AND RELATED STRUCTURES | 23 | ||
| Key Points | 25 | ||
| Websites | 25 | ||
| Bibliography | 25 | ||
| CHAPTER 3 CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANATOMY OF THE LUMBAR AND SACRAL REGION | 26 | ||
| OSTEOLOGY | 26 | ||
| ARTICULATIONS, LIGAMENTS, AND DISCS | 27 | ||
| NEURAL ANATOMY | 29 | ||
| VASCULAR STRUCTURES | 30 | ||
| FASCIA, MUSCULATURE, AND RELATED STRUCTURES | 31 | ||
| Key Points | 32 | ||
| Websites | 32 | ||
| Bibliography | 32 | ||
| PART II CLINICAL EXAMINATION OF THE SPINE PATIENT | 33 | ||
| CHAPTER 4 EVALUATION OF CERVICAL SPINE DISORDERS | 34 | ||
| Key Points | 38 | ||
| Websites | 38 | ||
| Bibliography | 39 | ||
| CHAPTER 5 EVALUATION OF THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE DISORDERS | 40 | ||
| LUMBAR SPINE EXAM | 41 | ||
| Key Points | 45 | ||
| Websites | 45 | ||
| Bibliography | 45 | ||
| CHAPTER 6 EVALUATION OF THE SPINE TRAUMA PATIENT | 46 | ||
| Key Points | 51 | ||
| Websites | 51 | ||
| Bibliography | 51 | ||
| CHAPTER 7 EVALUATION OF SPINAL DEFORMITIES | 52 | ||
| Key Points | 58 | ||
| Websites | 58 | ||
| Bibliography | 58 | ||
| CHAPTER 8 DISABILITY EVALUATION | 59 | ||
| Key Points | 63 | ||
| Websites | 63 | ||
| Bibliography | 63 | ||
| PART III SPINAL IMAGING | 65 | ||
| CHAPTER 9 STRATEGIES FOR IMAGING IN SPINAL DISORDERS | 66 | ||
| Key Points | 69 | ||
| Websites | 69 | ||
| Bibliography | 69 | ||
| CHAPTER 10 RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE SPINE | 70 | ||
| CERVICAL SPINE | 70 | ||
| THORACIC SPINE | 72 | ||
| LUMBAR SPINE | 72 | ||
| SPINAL DEFORMITY ASSESSMENT | 75 | ||
| Key Points | 79 | ||
| Websites | 79 | ||
| Bibliography | 79 | ||
| CHAPTER 11 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING OF THE SPINE | 80 | ||
| Key Points | 90 | ||
| Website | 90 | ||
| Bibliography | 91 | ||
| CHAPTER 12 COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND CT-MYELOGRAPHY | 92 | ||
| Key Points | 96 | ||
| Website | 96 | ||
| Bibliography | 96 | ||
| CHAPTER 13 NUCLEAR IMAGING AND SPINAL DISORDERS | 97 | ||
| Key Points | 100 | ||
| Websites | 100 | ||
| Bibliography | 100 | ||
| PART IV ASSESSMENT AND NONSURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS | 101 | ||
| CHAPTER 14 REHABILITATION MEDICINE APPROACHES TO SPINAL DISORDERS | 102 | ||
| CERVICAL SPINE | 104 | ||
| THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE | 105 | ||
| Key Points | 110 | ||
| Websites | 110 | ||
| Bibliography | 111 | ||
| CHAPTER 15 PHARMACOLOGIC MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC SPINAL PAIN | 112 | ||
| Key Points | 119 | ||
| Websites | 119 | ||
| Bibliography | 119 | ||
| CHAPTER 16 DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC SPINAL INJECTIONS | 120 | ||
| Key Points | 127 | ||
| Websites | 127 | ||
| Bibliography | 127 | ||
| CHAPTER 17 ELECTRODIAGNOSIS IN SPINAL DISORDERS | 128 | ||
| Key Points | 133 | ||
| Websites | 133 | ||
| Bibliography | 133 | ||
| CHAPTER 18 SPINAL ORTHOSES | 134 | ||
| Key Points | 144 | ||
| Websites | 144 | ||
| Bibliography | 144 | ||
| CHAPTER 19 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE TREATMENTS FOR BACK PAIN | 146 | ||
| Key Points | 150 | ||
| Websites | 150 | ||
| Bibliography | 150 | ||
| PART V SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE SPINE: GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | 151 | ||
| CHAPTER 20 INDICATIONS FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION IN SPINAL DISORDERS | 152 | ||
| Key Points | 156 | ||
| Websites | 156 | ||
| Bibliography | 156 | ||
| CHAPTER 21 WHEN NOT TO OPERATE FOR SPINAL DISORDERS | 157 | ||
| Key Points | 159 | ||
| Websites | 159 | ||
| Bibliography | 159 | ||
| CHAPTER 22 PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING SPINE SURGERY | 160 | ||
| Key Points | 164 | ||
| Websites | 164 | ||
| Bibliography | 164 | ||
| CHAPTER 23 PROCEDURES FOR DECOMPRESSION OF THE SPINAL CORD AND NERVE ROOTS | 165 | ||
| Key Points | 170 | ||
| Websites | 170 | ||
| Bibliography | 170 | ||
| CHAPTER 24 SPINAL ARTHRODESIS AND BONE-GRAFTING TECHNIQUES | 171 | ||
| Key Points | 176 | ||
| Websites | 176 | ||
| Bibliography | 176 | ||
| CHAPTER 25 SURGICAL APPROACHES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE | 177 | ||
| POSTERIOR APPROACH TO THE CERVICAL SPINE | 177 | ||
| ANTERIOR APPROACHES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE | 178 | ||
| Key Points | 182 | ||
| Websites | 182 | ||
| Bibliography | 182 | ||
| CHAPTER 26 APPROACHES TO THE ANTERIOR THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE | 183 | ||
| Key Point | 189 | ||
| Websites | 189 | ||
| Bibliography | 189 | ||
| CHAPTER 27 POSTERIOR SURGICAL APPROACHES TO THE THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE | 190 | ||
| Key Points | 193 | ||
| Website | 194 | ||
| Bibliography | 194 | ||
| CHAPTER 28 CERVICAL SPINE INSTRUMENTATION | 195 | ||
| Key Points | 204 | ||
| Websites | 204 | ||
| Bibliography | 205 | ||
| CHAPTER 29 THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE INSTRUMENTATION | 206 | ||
| GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | 206 | ||
| POSTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION | 206 | ||
| ANTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION | 211 | ||
| Key Points | 213 | ||
| Websites | 213 | ||
| Bibliography | 213 | ||
| CHAPTER 30 INSTRUMENTATION AND FUSION OF THE SPINE TO THE SACRUM AND PELVIS | 214 | ||
| Key Points | 218 | ||
| Websites | 218 | ||
| Bibliography | 219 | ||
| CHAPTER 31 INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING DURING SPINAL PROCEDURES | 220 | ||
| Key Points | 224 | ||
| Websites | 224 | ||
| Bibliography | 224 | ||
| CHAPTER 32 ANESTHESIA AND RELATED INTRAOPERATIVE CONSIDERATIONS IN SPINE SURGERY | 225 | ||
| Key Points | 230 | ||
| Websites | 230 | ||
| Bibliography | 230 | ||
| CHAPTER 33 POSTOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT AND COMPLICATIONS AFTER SPINE SURGERY | 231 | ||
| Key Points | 236 | ||
| Websites | 236 | ||
| Bibliography | 236 | ||
| CHAPTER 34 REVISION SPINE SURGERY | 237 | ||
| GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | 237 | ||
| REVISION SURGERY AFTER PRIOR SPINAL DECOMPRESSION | 239 | ||
| REVISION SURGERY AFTER PRIOR SPINAL FUSION | 239 | ||
| REVISION SURGERY FOR SPINAL DEFORMITY | 241 | ||
| Key Points | 242 | ||
| Websites | 242 | ||
| Bibliography | 242 | ||
| CHAPTER 35 SPINAL CORD STIMULATION AND IMPLANTABLE DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS | 243 | ||
| Key Points | 247 | ||
| Websites | 247 | ||
| Bibliography | 247 | ||
| PART VI PEDIATRIC SPINAL DEFORMITIES AND RELATED DISORDERS | 249 | ||
| CHAPTER 36 PEDIATRIC BACK PAIN | 250 | ||
| Key Points | 255 | ||
| Websites | 255 | ||
| Bibliography | 255 | ||
| CHAPTER 37 PEDIATRIC CERVICAL DISORDERS | 256 | ||
| GENERAL CONCEPTS | 256 | ||
| TORTICOLLIS | 256 | ||
| CERVICAL ANOMALIES | 257 | ||
| Key Points | 260 | ||
| Websites | 260 | ||
| Bibliography | 260 | ||
| CHAPTER 38 SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS | 261 | ||
| Key Points | 267 | ||
| Website | 267 | ||
| Bibliography | 267 | ||
| CHAPTER 39 IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS | 268 | ||
| Key Points | 277 | ||
| Websites | 277 | ||
| Bibliography | 277 | ||
| CHAPTER 40 SAGITTAL PLANE DEFORMITIES IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS | 278 | ||
| Key Points | 282 | ||
| Websites | 283 | ||
| Bibliography | 283 | ||
| CHAPTER 41 NEUROMUSCULAR SPINAL DEFORMITIES | 284 | ||
| Key Points | 290 | ||
| Websites | 290 | ||
| Bibliography | 290 | ||
| CHAPTER 42 CONGENITAL SPINAL DEFORMITIES | 291 | ||
| Key Points | 297 | ||
| Websites | 297 | ||
| Bibliography | 297 | ||
| CHAPTER 43 SPECIAL SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE GROWING SPINE | 298 | ||
| Key Points | 302 | ||
| Websites | 302 | ||
| Bibliography | 303 | ||
| CHAPTER 44 PEDIATRIC SPINAL TRAUMA | 304 | ||
| GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS | 304 | ||
| CERVICAL SPINE | 305 | ||
| THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE | 307 | ||
| Key Points | 309 | ||
| Websites | 310 | ||
| Bibliography | 310 | ||
| PART VII DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS OF THE ADULT SPINE | 311 | ||
| CHAPTER 45 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOANATOMY OF DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS OF THE SPINE | 312 | ||
| Key Points | 315 | ||
| Websites | 315 | ||
| Bibliography | 315 | ||
| CHAPTER 46 CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS | 316 | ||
| Key Points | 324 | ||
| Websites | 324 | ||
| Bibliography | 324 | ||
| CHAPTER 47 THORACIC DISC HERNIATION AND STENOSIS | 325 | ||
| Key Points | 328 | ||
| Websites | 328 | ||
| Bibliography | 328 | ||
| CHAPTER 48 LOW BACK PAIN: ASSESSMENT AND INITIAL MANAGEMENT | 329 | ||
| Key Points | 331 | ||
| Websites | 331 | ||
| Bibliography | 331 | ||
| CHAPTER 49 LUMBAR DISC HERNIATION | 332 | ||
| Key Points | 336 | ||
| Websites | 336 | ||
| Bibliography | 336 | ||
| CHAPTER 50 DISCOGENIC LOW BACK PAIN | 337 | ||
| Key Points | 341 | ||
| Websites | 341 | ||
| Bibliography | 341 | ||
| CHAPTER 51 LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS | 342 | ||
| Key Points | 345 | ||
| Websites | 346 | ||
| Bibliography | 346 | ||
| PART VIII ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITIES AND RELATED PROBLEMS | 347 | ||
| CHAPTER 52 ADULT IDIOPATHIC AND DEGENERATIVE SCOLIOSIS | 348 | ||
| Key Points | 352 | ||
| Websites | 352 | ||
| Bibliography | 353 | ||
| CHAPTER 53 SAGITTAL PLANE DEFORMITIES IN ADULTS | 354 | ||
| Key Points | 358 | ||
| Websites | 358 | ||
| Bibliography | 358 | ||
| CHAPTER 54 SPONDYLOLYSIS AND SPONDYLOLISTHESIS IN ADULTS | 359 | ||
| ISTHMIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS | 360 | ||
| DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS | 361 | ||
| Key Points | 364 | ||
| Websites | 365 | ||
| Bibliography | 365 | ||
| PART IX SPINE TRAUMA | 367 | ||
| CHAPTER 55 UPPER CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMA | 368 | ||
| OCCIPITOCERVICAL ARTICULATION | 369 | ||
| ATLAS FRACTURES AND TRANSVERSE ATLANTAL LIGAMENT (TAL) INJURIES | 370 | ||
| AXIS FRACTURES: ODONTOID FRACTURES AND HANGMAN’S FRACTURES | 372 | ||
| Key Points | 374 | ||
| Websites | 375 | ||
| Bibliography | 375 | ||
| CHAPTER 56 INITIAL MANAGEMENT | 376 | ||
| INITIAL MANAGEMENT | 376 | ||
| INJURY CLASSIFICATION | 377 | ||
| ANTERIOR COLUMN INJURIES | 379 | ||
| POSTERIOR COLUMN INJURIES | 381 | ||
| LATERIAL COLUMN INJURIES | 381 | ||
| INJURIES IN SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES | 384 | ||
| Key Points | 385 | ||
| Websites | 385 | ||
| Bibliography | 385 | ||
| CHAPTER 57 THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE FRACTURES | 386 | ||
| COMPRESSION FRACTURES | 388 | ||
| STABLE BURST FRACTURES | 389 | ||
| UNSTABLE BURST FRACTURES | 391 | ||
| CHANCE FRACTURES | 394 | ||
| FLEXION-DISTRACTION INJURIES | 395 | ||
| TRANSLATIONAL INJURIES (FRACTURE-DISLOCATIONS) | 396 | ||
| GUNSHOT INJURIES TO THE SPINE | 397 | ||
| Key Points | 398 | ||
| Websites | 398 | ||
| Bibliography | 398 | ||
| CHAPTER 58 SACRAL FRACTURES | 399 | ||
| Key Points | 403 | ||
| Websites | 403 | ||
| Bibliography | 403 | ||
| CHAPTER 59 SPINAL CORD INJURY | 404 | ||
| Key Points | 409 | ||
| Websites | 409 | ||
| Bibliography | 410 | ||
| CHAPTER 60 CERVICAL SPINE INJURIES IN ATHLETES | 411 | ||
| Key Points | 416 | ||
| Websites | 416 | ||
| Bibliography | 416 | ||
| CHAPTER 61 LUMBAR SPINE INJURIES IN ATHLETES | 417 | ||
| Key Points | 421 | ||
| Websites | 421 | ||
| Bibliography | 421 | ||
| PART X SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS AFFECTING THE SPINAL COLUMN | 423 | ||
| CHAPTER 62 DISORDERS OF THE SPINAL CORD AND RELATED STRUCTURES | 424 | ||
| SPINAL CORD TUMORS | 424 | ||
| SYRINGOHYDROMYELIA AND CHIARI MALFORMATION | 428 | ||
| SPINAL DYSRAPHISM | 429 | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS INVOLVING THE SPINAL CORD | 432 | ||
| Key Points | 433 | ||
| Websites | 433 | ||
| Bibliography | 433 | ||
| CHAPTER 63 PRIMARY SPINE TUMORS | 434 | ||
| Key Points | 442 | ||
| Websites | 442 | ||
| Bibliography | 442 | ||
| CHAPTER 64 METASTATIC SPINE TUMORS | 443 | ||
| Key Points | 448 | ||
| Websites | 448 | ||
| Bibliography | 449 | ||
| CHAPTER 65 METABOLIC BONE DISEASES OF THE SPINE | 450 | ||
| Key Points | 455 | ||
| Websites | 455 | ||
| Bibliography | 455 | ||
| CHAPTER 66 TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES | 456 | ||
| Key Points | 465 | ||
| Websites | 465 | ||
| Bibliography | 465 | ||
| CHAPTER 67 SPINAL INFECTIONS | 466 | ||
| PYOGENIC INFECTIONS | 466 | ||
| GRANULOMATOUS INFECTIONS | 470 | ||
| Key Points | 471 | ||
| Websites | 472 | ||
| Bibliography | 472 | ||
| CHAPTER 68 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 473 | ||
| Key Points | 479 | ||
| Websites | 479 | ||
| Bibliography | 479 | ||
| CHAPTER 69 ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS | 480 | ||
| Key Points | 487 | ||
| Websites | 487 | ||
| Bibliography | 487 | ||
| PART XI EMERGING TECHNOLOGY | 489 | ||
| CHAPTER 70 MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY | 490 | ||
| MINIMALLY INVASIVE LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY | 491 | ||
| MINIMALLY INVASIVE THORACIC SPINE SURGERY | 494 | ||
| MINIMALLY INVASIVE CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY | 495 | ||
| Key Points | 495 | ||
| Websites | 495 | ||
| Bibliography | 496 | ||
| CHAPTER 71 ARTIFICIAL DISC REPLACEMENT | 497 | ||
| LUMBAR TOTAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY | 497 | ||
| CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY | 500 | ||
| Key Points | 503 | ||
| Websites | 503 | ||
| Bibliography | 503 | ||
| CHAPTER 72 BONE GRAFTS, BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTES, AND BIOLOGICS | 504 | ||
| Key Points | 508 | ||
| Websites | 508 | ||
| Bibliography | 508 | ||
| INDEX | 509 |