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Title Spine trauma : surgical techniques / edited by Vikas V. Patel, Evalina Burger, Courtney Brown
Published Berlin ; London : Springer, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 413 pages) : tables, figures (some color)
Series 2010 Springer E-Books
Contents Cervical spinal stability and decision making -- Clearing the cervical spine -- Imaging of spinal trauma -- Immunological response to spinal cord injury: impact on the timing of spine fixation -- The role of orthosis in spinal injury -- The halovest -- Direct anterior screw fixation of odontoid fractures -- Occiput-cervical fixation -- C1-2 fixation: transarticular screws -- C1-2 fixation: lateral mass/pars screw-rod fixation -- Closed reduction of unilateral and bilateral facet dislocations -- Cervical open posterior reduction of facet dislocation -- Open anterior reduction of cervical facet dislocation -- Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for traumatic disc herniation -- Posterior cervical fusion for trauma -- Corpectomy for burst fracture -- Posterior pedicle screw fixation -- Thoracic spinal stability: decision making
Anterior corpectomy with fixation, thoracic -- Kyphoplasty, osteoporotic and traumatic -- Costotransversectomy -- Lumbar spinal stability: decision making -- Posterior instrumentation for thoracolumbar and lumbar fracture dislocation -- Posterior decompression technique for thoracolumbar burst fracture -- Anterior treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures -- Anterior and posterior surgery and fixation for burst fractures -- Percutaneous/minimally invasive treatment for thoracolumbar fractures -- Surgical stabilization options for fractures and fracture-dislocations at the lumbosacral junction and for posterior pelvic ring reconstruction -- Sacral screw fixation -- Percutaneous placement of iliosacral screws -- Iliac fixation in trauma -- Minimally invasive treatment for ankylosing spondylitis and DISH thoracolumbar fractures -- Surgical treatment of thoracic or thoracolumbar fractures of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) -- Traumatic dural tears -- Civilian gunshot injury to the spine -- Complications in spine surgery
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Spine -- Surgery.
Spine -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment
Spine -- surgery
Spinal Cord Injuries -- surgery
Spinal Injuries -- surgery
MEDICAL -- Surgery -- General.
MĂ©decine.
Spine -- Surgery
Spine -- Wounds and injuries -- Treatment
Wirbelsäulenverletzung
Wirbelsäulenchirurgie
Operationstechnik
Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Patel, Vikas V.
Burger, Evalina.
Brown, Courtney
LC no. 2010925788
ISBN 9783642036941
3642036945