Table Of ContentAOSpine Masters Series
Cervical Degenerative Conditions
AOSpine Masters Series
Cervical Degenerative Conditions
Series Editor:
Luiz Roberto Vialle, MD, PhD
Professor of Orthopedics, School of Medicine
Catholic University of Parana State
Spine Unit
Curitiba, Brazil
Guest Editors:
K. Daniel Riew, MD
Mildred B. Simon Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Neurologic Surgery
Chief of Cervical Spine Surgery
Washington University Orthopedics
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Manabu Ito, MD, PhD
Director
Department of Spine and Spinal Cord Disorders
National Hospital Organization
Hokkaido Medical Center
Sapporo, Japan
With 62 figures
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AOSpine masters series. Cervical degenerative conditions / editors: Luiz Roberto Vialle, K. Daniel Riew,
and Manabu Ito.
p. ; cm.
Cervical degenerative conditions
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-62623-050-7 (alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-62623-051-4 (eISBN)
I. Vialle, Luiz Roberto, editor. II. Riew, K. Daniel, editor. III. Ito, Manabu, editor. IV. Title: Cervical
degenerative conditions.
[DNLM: 1. Cervical Vertebrae—surgery. 2. Spinal Diseases—surgery. 3. Neurodegenerative
Diseases—surgery. 4. Neurosurgical Procedures. WE 725]
RD768
617.5'64—dc23 2014040923
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AOSpine Masters Series
Luiz Roberto Vialle, MD, PhD
Series Editor
Volume 1 Metastatic Spinal Tumors
Volume 2 Primary Spinal Tumors
Volume 3 Cervical Degenerative Conditions
Volume 4 Adult Spinal Deformities
Volume 5 Spinal Trauma 1, Cervical
Volume 6 Spinal Trauma 2, Pitfalls on Thoracolumbar
Volume 7 SCI and Regeneration
Volume 8 Back Pain
Volume 9 Pediatric Spinal Deformities
Volume 10 Spinal Infection
Contents
Series Preface ...........................................................................i x
Luiz Roberto Vialle
Guest Editors’ Preface ...................................................................x i
K. Daniel Riew and Manabu Ito
1 Laminoplasty for Multilevel Myelopathy and Radiculomyelopathy ........................1
Kazuhiro Chiba
2 Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Techniques: Anterior
Cervical Decompression and Fusion, Corpectomy, and Foraminotomy .................. 13
Han Jo Kim, John M. Rhee, and K. Daniel Riew
3 Indications and Techniques of Cervical Pedicle Screws C3-7 for
Degenerative Conditions ............................................................ 25
Kuniyoshi Abumi and Manabu Ito
4 Laminectomy and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy ......................... 36
Kristian Dalzell, Aria Nouri, and Michael G. Fehlings
5 Posterior Cervical Minimally Invasive Microendoscopic Foraminotomy ................. 52
Albert P. Wong, Tarek Y. El Ahmadieh, Zachary A. Smith, Nader S. Dahdaleh,
and Richard G. Fessler
6 Navigation for Cervical Reconstruction Surgery ....................................... 60
Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran and Ajoy Prasad Shetty
7 Cervical Disk Arthroplasty .......................................................... 72
Justin W. Miller and Rick C. Sasso
8 Cervical Sagittal Balance: What Is Normal and What Is the Effect
on Reconstruction Outcomes. ....................................................... 79
Peter L. Cohn, William Ryan Spiker, Kris E. Radcliff, and Alexander R. Vaccaro
9 Complications of Anterior Surgery: Vertebral Artery Injury,
Esophageal Perforation, and Dysphagia ............................................... 91
Luiz Roberto Vialle, Samuel Conrad, and Emiliano Vialle
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10 Adjacent Segment Pathology of the Cervical Spine ...................................104
Babak Khamsi, Sandeep N. Gidvani, and Jeffrey C. Wang
11 Upper Cervical Screw-Fixation Techniques: How to Avoid Complications...............114
Han Jo Kim and Jin Sup Yeom
Index .................................................................................127
