Surgery of the Spine and Spinal Cord — Treatise on Neurosurgery and Orthopedics

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Advanced clinical-surgical treatment for the systemic approach to degenerative, traumatic, tumor, infectious pathologies and deformities of the spine, integrating principles of microsurgery, neurophysiological monitoring and advanced biomechanical fixation.

What it covers

1. Surgical Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Spine
2. · Craniocervical Union (C0-C1-C2) and its Ligamentary Complexes
3. · Vascular Irrigation of the Spinal Cord and Areas of Ischemic Vulnerability
4. Pathophysiology of the Spinal Cord and Nervous Roots
5. · Mechanisms of Tissue Damage and Chronic Myelopathy
6. · Clinical Spinal Syndromes and Neuroanatomical Correlation
7. Cervical Degenerative Pathology
8. · Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM): Clinical and Natural History
9. · Cervical Radiculopathy vs. Cervical myelopathy
10. · Cervical Decompression Surgical Options
11. Dorso-Lumbar Degenerative Pathology
12. · Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) and Neurogenic Claudication
13. · Pathophysiology of Lumbar Disc Herniation
14. · Spondylolisthesis: Types and Meyerding Classification
15. · Lumbar Interbody Fusion Modalities
16. Spinal cord trauma (TRM)
17. · Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury: Primary and Secondary Mechanisms
18. · ASIA Impairment Scale (American Spinal Injury Association)
19. · Fracture Stability Classification Systems
20. Specific Traumatic Injuries and Dislocations
21. · Fractures of the Craniocervical and Upper Cervical Union
22. · Subaxial Cervical Facet Dislocations (C3-C7)
23. Tumors of the Spine
24. · Primary Vertebral Bone Tumors
25. · Vertebral Metastases and Neoplastic Epidural Spinal Compression (CMEN)
26. Intradural Tumors (Extramedullary and Intramedullary)
27. · Intradural Extramedullary Tumors
28. · Intradural Intramedullary Tumors
29. Spine Infections (Spondylodiscitis and Abscesses)
30. · Acute Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis
31. · Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis (Pott's Disease)
32. Deformities of the Spine
33. · Scoliosis: Adolescent Idiopathic (AIA) vs. Adult Degenerative Disease (EDA)
34. · Pelviosagittal Parameters and Spinal Balance
35. · Spinal Osteotomy Strategies for Deformity Correction
36. Congenital and Developmental Pathology of the Cord and Column
37. · Spinal Dysraphisms: Open vs. Closed
38. · Tethered Cord Syndrome
39. Surgical Spinal Approach and Instrumentation Techniques
40. · Surgical Approaches to the Spine
41. · Biology of Bone Graft and Spinal Fusion
42. · Biomechanics of Posterior Transpedicular Fixation
43. Complications in Spine Surgery and their Complex Management
44. · Incidental Durotomy and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Fistulas
45. · Spinal Fusion Pseudoarthrosis
46. · Late Biomechanical Complications: PJK and PJF
47. Neurophysiological Monitoring and Differential Diagnosis
48. · Modalities of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IOM)
49. · Integrative Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Pathologies