Volume 1 key content
Principles and Techniques

Biomechanics of the spine
Biology of the spine
Surgical anatomy of the spine
- Cervical, thoracic, thoracolumbar, and
lumbosacral spine
Spinal instrumentation
- Modularity of spinal instruments (systems)
- Instrumentation for the different areas of the
cervical spine
- Stabilization and reconstruction techniques for
the thoracolumbar spine (fractures, tumors,
degenerative)
- Universal spinal instrumentation for deformity
- Concept of MISS/LISS
- Bone harvesting tool
- Vertebroplasty
- Fixation technology in osteoporosis
- Disc arthroplasty in the cervical and lumbar spine
Computer-assisted surgery
Anesthesia for spine surgery
Glossary
Index

Volume 2 key content
Clinical Applications

Spinal trauma
- Classification of injuries
- Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral trauma
Spinal tumors
Infections of the spine
Inflammatory processes
Deformities of the spine
- Idiopathic and congenital scoliosis
- Kyphosis
- Deformities due to other causes
Spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, and spondyloptosis
Degenerative spinal diseases of the lumbar and
cervical spine
Metabolic bone disease of the spineÑosteoporosis
Complications in spine surgery
- Management of perioperative spinal cord injury,
incidental durotomies and CSF leaks, early and
late infections
- Pseudarthrosis, crankshaft phenomenon, early and
late implant revision, complications in lumbar disc
arthroplasty
Documentation, evaluation, and outcome