Manual of Spine Surgery

1. Definition and Trends of Modern Spinal Surgery
Uwe Vieweg

2. Principles of Surgical Stabilisation of the Spine
Tobias Pitzen

3. Implant Materials in Spinal Surgery
Werner Schmoelz

4. Mechanical and Biomechanical Testing of Spinal Implants
Werner Schmoelz, Annette Kienle

5. Spinal Retractors
Luca Papavero

6. Fluoroscopy and Spinal Navigation
Stefan Kroppenstedt

7. Surgical Microscopy in Spinal Surgery
Frank Grochulla

8. Endoscopy in Spinal Surgery
Uwe Vieweg

9. Equipment for Full-Endoscopic Spinal Surgery
Sebastian Ruetten

10. Electrosurgery
Uwe Vieweg

11. Surgical Motor Systems in Spinal Surgery
Frank Grochulla, Uwe Vieweg

12. Bone Grafts and Bone-Graft Substitutes
Robert Morrison

13. On- and Offline Documentation of Spine Procedures: Spine Tango
Christoph Röder, Thomas Zweig

14. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants for the Anterior Upper Cervical Spine
Meic H. Schmidt

15. Odontoid Screw Fixation
Meic H. Schmidt

16. Anterior Transarticular Screw Fixation C1/C2
Uwe Vieweg, Meic H. Schmidt

17. Transoral Resection of the Odontoid Process
Meic H. Schmidt, Uwe Vieweg

18. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants
Tobias Pitzen

19. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Frank Grochulla

20. Uncoforaminotomy
Kirsten Schmieder

21. Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion, and Plating
Tobias Pitzen

22. Cage Implantation in the Cervical Spine
Uwe Vieweg

23. Implantation of a Cervical Disc Prosthesis
Bernhard Bruns, Uwe Vieweg

24. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants
Stefan Schären

25. Foraminotomy
Frank Grochulla

26. Laminoplasty
Frank Grochulla

27. Occipital Cervical Stabilization with Rod-Screw Systems
Michael A. Finn, Meic H. Schmidt

28. Posterior Transarticular C1/C2 Screw Technique
Michael Winking

29. C1–C2 (Harms) Technique
Christian Schultz

30. Rod-Screw Stabilization of the Posterior Cervical Spine
Uwe Vieweg

31. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants
Christian Schultz

32. Anterolateral Endoscopic Stabilization
Oliver Gonschorek

33. Vertebral Body Replacement
Jürgen Nothwang

34. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants
Paulo Tadeu Maia Cavali

35. Stabilization of the Thoracic Spine with Internal Fixator
Robert Morrison, Uwe Vieweg

36. Transpedicular Stabilization with Freehand Technique on the Thoracic Spine
Paulo Tadeu Maia Cavali

37. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants
Karsten Wiechert, Felix Hohmann

38. Ventral Interbody Fusion with Bone or Cage
Karsten Wiechert, Felix Hohmann, Uwe Vieweg

39. Total Lumbar Disc Replacement
Christoph J. Siepe

40. Overview of Surgical Techniques and Implants
Uwe Vieweg

41. Microsurgical Intra- and Extraspinal Discectomy
Luca Papavero

42. Microsurgical Decompression
Frank Grochulla

43. Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Surgery
Sebastian Ruetten

44. Translaminar Screw Fixation
Stefan Schären

45. Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Khalid Saeed, Edward Bayley, Bronek Boszczyk

46. Transpedicular Stabilization with Internal Fixation in the Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spine
Robert Morrison, Uwe Vieweg

47. Correction of Degenerative Scoliosis
Uwe Vieweg, Robert Morrison

48. Correction of Spondylolisthesis
Uwe Vieweg

49. Microsurgical Monosegmental Fusion with Internal Fixator and Interbody Fusion
Uwe Vieweg, Stefan Kroppenstedt

50. Cement Augmentation of Pedicle Screw Fixation
Jürgen Nothwang

51. Less-Invasive Pedicle Screw Instrumentation of Lumbar Spine Fractures
Ulrich Hahn

52. Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Stefan Kroppenstedt, Uwe Vieweg

53. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion with an Interbody Fusion Spacer or Cage
Uwe Vieweg, Steffen Sola

54. Transsacral Screw Fixation for High-Grade L5/S1 Spondylolisthesis Including Spondyloptosis
Palaniappan Lakshmanan, Sashin Ahuja

55. Guided Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (GO-LIF®)
Christof Birkenmaier

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Surgical Orthopedics, Neurosurgery