Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery

Section I. General complications

1. Complication Related to Medical Conditions
Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Antonio Picardi

2. Hematologic Issues in Cervical Spine Surgery
Giuseppe Avvisati, Ombretta Annibali, Elisabetta Cerchiara, Marianna Muro, Rosa Greco, Francesco Marchesi, Carolina Nobile, Odoardo Olimpieri, Azzurra Romeo, Maria Cristina Tirindelli

3. Complications in Surgical Management of Cervical Spinal Metastases
Giuseppe Tonini, Bruno Vincenzi, Chiara Spoto, Daniele Santini

4. Systematic Approach to the Patient to Minimize Errors of Diagnosis and Surgical Indications
Umile Giuseppe Longo, Luca Denaro, Vincenzo Denaro

Section II. Peri-operative complications

5. Considerations and Anesthesiologic Complications in Spinal Surgery
Massimiliano Carassiti, Serena Antonelli, Demetrio Panzera, Felice Eugenio Agrò

6. General Complications Related to Patient Positioning
Luca Denaro, Vincenzo Denaro

Section III. Complications of Surgical Approaches

7. Complications Related to Anterior Approaches
Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro

8. Complications Related to Anterolateral Approaches
Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Rocco Papalia, Vincenzo Denaro

9. Complications Related to Posterior Approach
Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Vincenzo Denaro

Section IV. Complications of Surgical Approaches

10. Degenerative Disk Disease
Vincenzo Denaro, Luca Denaro, Alberto Di Martino, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Nicola Maffulli

11. Cervical Spine Bone Tumor Surgery
Luca Denaro, Alberto Di Martino, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro

12. Cervical Spine Traumas
Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Alberto Di Martino, Vincenzo Denaro

13. Infections of the Cervical Spine
Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro

14. Pitfalls Related to Inflammatory Disorders
Alberto Di Martino, Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro

Section V. Complications related to neural diseases

15. Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella

16. Syringomyelia
Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella

Section VI. Miscellanea

17. Complications Related to Graft
Umile Giuseppe Longo, Luca Denaro, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

18. Pitfalls Related to Inadequate or Incomplete Surgical Technique and Errors of Level
Luca Denaro, Rocco Papalia, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

19. Complications Due to Inadequate Cervical Spinal Immobilization
Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro

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