Spinal Reconstruction
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With an ever-expanding array of biomaterials and implant devices appearing in the field, Spinal Reconstruction: Clinical Examples of Applied Basic Science, Biomechanics and Engineering helps surgeons assess and utilize the latest technologies to improve the reconstruction of the spine and enhance the reconstitution of diseased spinal segments. With

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Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9781420020960

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Preface
  3. Contents
  4. Contributors
  5. Section I: MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINAL SURGERY
  6. Chapter 1. The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Instrumented Lumbar Fusion
  7. Chapter 2. Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
  8. Chapter 3. Nonendoscopic Percutaneous Disc Decompression as Treatment of Discogenic Radioculopathy
  9. Chapter 4. Endoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Spondylolysis: Clinical and Biomechancial Observations
  10. Chapter 5. Improving the Outcome of Discectomy with Specific Attention to the Annulus Fibrosus
  11. Chapter 6. The Lumbar Alligator Spinal System - A Simple and Less Invasive Device for Posterior Lumbar Fixation
  12. Section II: ADJACENT LEVEL DISEASE
  13. Chapter 7. Functional Spinal Stability: The Role of the Back Muscles
  14. Chapter 8. Influence of Injury of Fusion of a Single Motion Segment on Other Motion Segments in the Spine
  15. Chapter 9. Degenerative Disease Adjacent to Spinal Fusion
  16. Chapter 10. Adjacent Segment Degeneration
  17. Chapter 11. Quantifying the Surgical Risk Factors for Adjacent Level Degeneration in the Lumbar Spine: A Meta-Analysis of the Published Literature
  18. Chapter 12. Transition Zone Failure in Patients Undergoing Instrumented Lumbar Fusions from L1 or L2 to the Sacrum
  19. Chapter 13. Adjacent Intervertebral Disc Lesions Following Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion: A Minimum 10-Year Follow-up
  20. Section III: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES/BIOLOGICS
  21. Chapter 14. The Role of Biologics in Lumbar Interbody Fusions
  22. Chapter 15. Current Perspectives on Biologic Strategies for the Therapy of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
  23. Chapter 16. Intervertebral Disc Growth Factors
  24. Chapter 17. Biological Manipulation for Degenerative Disc Disease Utilizing Intradiscal Osteogenic Protein-1 (OP-1/BMP-7) Injection-An Animal Study
  25. Chapter 18. Clinical Strategies for Delivery of Osteoinductive Growth Factors
  26. Chapter 19. New Adjunct in Spine Interbody Fusion: Designed Bioabsorbable Cage with Cell-Based Gene Therapy
  27. Chapter 20. Scientific Basis of Interventional Therapies for Discogenic Pain: Neural Mechanisms of Discogenic Pain
  28. Chapter 21. Molecular Diagnosis of Spinal Infection
  29. Chapter 22. Review of the Effect of COX-II Agents on the Healing of a Lumbar Spine Arthrodesis
  30. Section IV: MOTION-PRESERVATION/DISC REPLACEMENT
  31. Chapter 23. Motion Preservation Instead of Spinal Fusion
  32. Chapter 24. Intervertebral Disc Arthroplasty as an Alternative to Spinal Fusion: Rationale and Biomechanical and Design Considerations
  33. Chapter 25. Biomechanical Aspects of the Spine Motion Preservation Systems
  34. Chapter 26. The Ideal Artifical Lumbar Intervertebral Disc
  35. Chapter 27. Artificial Discs and Their Clinical Track Records
  36. Chapter 28. Dynesys Spinal Instrumentation System
  37. Section V: IMAGE GUIDANCE/NAVIGATION
  38. Chapter 29. Clinical Application of Computer Image Guidance Systems
  39. Chapter 30. Image-Guided Angled Rongeur for Posterior Lumbar Discectomy
  40. Chapter 31. Radioscopic Methods for Introduction of Pedicular Screws: Is a Navigator Necessary?
  41. Section VI: BIOPHYSICS, BIOMATERIALS/BIODEGRADABLE
  42. Chapter 32. Bone Graft Materials Used to Augment Spinal Arthrodesis
  43. Chapter 33. Current Concepts in Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
  44. Chapter 34. Opportunities and Challenges for Bioabsorbable Polymers in Spinal Reconstruction
  45. Chapter 35. Biomechancial Properties of a Newly Designed Bioabsorbable Anterior Cervical Plate
  46. Section VII: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND PROCEDURES
  47. Chapter 36. The Role of Electrical Stimulation in Enhancing Fusions with Autograft, Allograft, and Bone Graft Substitutes
  48. Chapter 37. An Analysis of Physical Factors Promoting Bone Healing or Formation with Special Reference to the Spine
  49. Chapter 38. Results of Extended Corpectomy, Stabilization, and Fusion of the Cervical and Cervico-Thoracic Spine
  50. Chapter 39. Reconstruction of the Cervical Spine Using Artifical Pedicle Screws
  51. Chapter 40. Posterior Fixation for Atlantoaxial Instability: Various Surgincal Techniques with Wire and Screw Fixation
  52. Index
  53. Back cover