Part of the superbly illustrated Operative Techniques series, Spine Surgery, 4th Edition, brings you up to speed with must-know surgical techniques in today's technically demanding spine surgery. Step-by-step, evidence-based guidance walks you through both common and uncommon situations you're likely to see in your practice, including trauma-related cases. Concise, detailed text accompanies the excellent visuals to provide a comprehensive, practical tool ideal for orthopaedic and neurosurgery residents, fellows, and practicing surgeons.
Focuses on individual procedures, each presented in an easy-to-follow format for quick reference.
Combines brief bulleted descriptions of surgical procedures with crisp, clear illustrative drawings and images, clinical pearls, and just the right amount of relevant science.
Contains seven all-new chapters: Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Lenke Classification and Surgical Indications; NOMS Framework: Approach to the Treatment of Spinal Metastatic Tumors; Antepsoas Approach for Lumbar Interbody Fusion; Robotically-Assisted Spinal Surgery: Setup and Workflow; Virtual Reality/ Augmented Reality in Spinal Surgery: Setup and Workflow; Endoscopic Discectomy and Foraminotomy; and Awake Spinal Surgery.
Includes surgical videos available online that demonstrate how to perform state-of-the-art procedures.
An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Author Information
Edited by Alexander R. Vaccaro, M.D., PhD, MBA, Richard H. Rothman Professor and Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Professor of Neurosurgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical Center of Thomas Jefferson University, Co-Director, Delaware Valley Spinal Cord Injury Center, President, Rothman Orthopaedics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Eli M. Baron, MD, Co-Medical Director, Spine Trauma Surgery, Associate Professor, Neurosurgery, Mark Goodson Building


PROCEDURE 1 Closed Cervical Skeletal Tong Placement and Reduction Techniques
PROCEDURE 2 Halo Placement in the Adult and Pediatric Patient
PROCEDURE 3 Anterior Odontoid Resection: The Transoral Approach
PROCEDURE 4 Odontoid Screw Fixation
PROCEDURE 5 Anterior C1-C2 Arthrodesis: Lateral Approach of Barbour and Whitesides
PROCEDURE 6 Anterior Cervical Corpectomy/Diskectomy
PROCEDURE 7 Anterior Resection of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament
PROCEDURE 8 Cervical Total Disk Replacement
PROCEDURE 9 Occipital-Cervical Fusion
PROCEDURE 10 C2 Translaminar Screw Fixation
PROCEDURE 11 C1-C2 Posterior Fusion Harms and Magerl Techniques
PROCEDURE 12 Cervical Spine: Lateral Mass Screw Fixation
PROCEDURE 13 Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation
PROCEDURE 14 Cervical Osteotomy Techniques
PROCEDURE 15 Posterior Cervical Laminoplasty
PROCEDURE 16 Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy, Microdiskectomy
PROCEDURE 17 Subaxial Cervical Trauma Classification and Treatment
PROCEDURE 18 Anterior Thoracic Diskectomy and Corpectomy
PROCEDURE 19 Anterior Thoracolumbar Spinal Fusion via Open Approach for Idiopathic Scoliosis
PROCEDURE 20 Operative Management of Scheuermann Kyphosis
PROCEDURE 21 Resection of Intradural Intramedullary or Extramedullary Spinal Tumors
PROCEDURE 22 Endoscopic Image-Guided Thoracic Diskectomy
PROCEDURE 23 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Lenke Classification and Surgical Indications
PROCEDURE 24 Posterior Thoracolumbar Fusion Techniques for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
PROCEDURE 25 Complete Vertebral Resection for Primary Spinal Tumors
PROCEDURE 26 Hybrid Therapy for Metastatic Spine Tumors in the Context of the NOMS Decision Framework
PROCEDURE 27 Surgical Treatment of Spinal Arachnoid Cysts and Arachnoid Web
PROCEDURE 28 Surgical Management of Adult Syringomyelia
PROCEDURE 29 Surgical Treatment of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas and Arteriovenous Malformations
PROCEDURE 30 Adult Scoliosis: Classification and Treatment
PROCEDURE 31 Spinopelvic Balance: Preoperative Planning and Calculation
PROCEDURE 32 Sacropelvic Fixation
PROCEDURE 33 Posterior Far Lateral Diskectomy
PROCEDURE 34 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Fixed Sagittal Imbalance
PROCEDURE 35 Spondylolysis Repair
PROCEDURE 36 Surgical Treatment of High-Grade Spondylolisthesis
PROCEDURE 37 Interspinous Process Motion-Sparing Implant
PROCEDURE 38 Vascular Exposure for Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
PROCEDURE 39 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
PROCEDURE 40 The Transpsoas Approach for Thoracolumbar Interbody Fusion
PROCEDURE 41 Antepsoas Approach for Lumbar Interbody Fusion
PROCEDURE 42 Lumbar Total Disk Arthroplasty
PROCEDURE 43 Kyphoplasty
PROCEDURE 44 Minimally Invasive Exposure Techniques of the Lumbar Spine
PROCEDURE 45 Hemivertebrae Resection
PROCEDURE 46 Lumbar Internal Laminectomy
PROCEDURE 47 Cortical Screw Fixation in the Lumbar Spine
PROCEDURE 48 Spinal Navigation: Setup and Workflow
PROCEDURE 49 Robotically Assisted Spinal Surgery: Setup and Workflow
PROCEDURE 50 Virtual and Augmented Reality in Spinal Surgery: Setup and Workflow
PROCEDURE 51 Thoracolumbar Trauma Classification and Surgical Treatment
PROCEDURE 52 Sacral Fixation: Iliosacral Screws and Sacral Fixation
PROCEDURE 53 Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
PROCEDURE 54 Endoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy and Foraminotomy: Indications and Techniques
PROCEDURE 55 Awake Spinal Surgery: Indications and Technique