Spine Trauma Surgical Techniques /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Patel, Vikas V. (Editor), Burger, Evalina. (Editor), Brown, Courtney W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Orthopedic surgery.; Trauma.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Traumatic Surgery.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03694-1

Spinal surgeons treat spinal trauma patients on a regular basis in their hospital emergency rooms. This well-illustrated, hands-on guide to the many surgical techniques required in these situations provides a solid basis for the management of spinal trauma.

Table of Contents:

• General: Clearing the Injured Spine.-Spine Trauma Imaging
• Timing of Spine Surgery
• Spinal Orthotics. Cervical: Cervical Spinal Stability: Decision Making
• Halo Application
• Odontoid Screw
• Occiput-Cervical Fixation
• C1-2 Fixation
• Unilateral Facet Dislocation, Closed Reduction
• Bilateral Facet Dislocation, Closed Reduction
• Open Posterior Reduction of Facet Dislocation
• Open Anterior Reduction of Facet Dislocation
• Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Trauma
• Posterior Cervical Fusion for Trauma. Thoracic: Thoracic Spinal Stability: Decision Making
• Anterior Corpectomy with Fixation, Upper Thoracic
• Anterior Corpectomy with Fixation, Lower Thoracic
• Kyphoplasty, Osteoporotic and Traumatic
• Costotransvesectomy
• Posterior Instrumentation. Lumbar: Lumbar Spinal Stability: Decision Making
• Anterior Corpectomy
• Posterior Instrumentation
• Posterior Decompression for Burst Fracture
• Lumbosacral Dislocation. Sacral: Sacral Spinal Stability: Decision Making
• S1 and S2 screws
• Percutaneus Sacroiliac Screws
• Iliac Wing Screws.