Spinal surgeons treat spinal trauma patients on a regular basis in their hospital emergency rooms. This well-illustrated, hands-on guide to the many surgical techniques required in these situations provides a solid basis for the management of spinal trauma.

Cervical

Cervical Spinal Stability and Decision Making
Clearing the Cervical Spine
Imaging of Spinal Trauma
Immunological Response to Spinal Cord Injury: Impact on the Timing of Spine Fixation
The Role of Orthosis in Spinal Injury
The Halovest
Direct Anterior Screw Fixation of Odontoid Fractures
Occiput-Cervical Fixation
C1-2 Fixation: Transarticular Screws
C1-2 Fixation: Lateral Mass/Pars Screw-Rod Fixation
Closed Reduction of Unilateral and Bilateral Facet Dislocations
Cervical Open Posterior Reduction of Facet Dislocation
Open Anterior Reduction of Cervical Facet Dislocation
Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Traumatic Disc Herniation
Posterior Cervical Fusion for Trauma
Corpectomy for Burst Fracture
Posterior Pedicle Screw Fixation
Thoracic
Thoracic Spinal Stability: Decision Making
Anterior Corpectomy with Fixation, Thoracic
Kyphoplasty, Osteoporotic and Traumatic
Costotransversectomy
Thoracolumbar and Lumbar
Lumbar Spinal Stability: Decision Making
Posterior Instrumentation for Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Fracture Dislocation
Posterior Decompression Technique for Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture
Anterior Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
Anterior and Posterior Surgery and Fixation for Burst Fractures
Percutaneous/Minimally Invasive Treatment for Thoracolumbar Fractures
Sacral
Surgical Stabilization Options for Fractures and Fracture-Dislocations at the Lumbosacral Junction and for Posterior Pelvic Ring Reconstruction
Sacral Screw Fixation
Percutaneous Placement of Iliosacral Screws
Iliac Fixation in Trauma
Special Circumstances
Minimally Invasive Treatment for Ankylosing Spondylitis and DISH Thoracolumbar Fractures
Surgical Treatment of Thoracic or Thoracolumbar Fractures ofAnkylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
Traumatic Dural Tears
Civilian Gunshot Injury to the Spine
Complications in Spine Surgery
Erratum to: Posterior Cervical Fusion for Trauma.