SECTION 1 Gross Anatomy
1 Surgical Anatomy of the Sacrum and Pelvis
2 Surgical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine
3 Surgical Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine
4 Surgical Anatomy of the Cervical Spine
5 Muscles and Ligaments
SECTION 2 Microanatomy
6 Development and Maturation of the Spine and Spinal Cord
7 Microscopic Anatomy of Bone
8 Macro- and Microscopic Anatomy of the Disk and End Plate
9 Nervous System
SECTION 3 Physiology
10 Physiology of Bone
11 Nerve and Muscle Physiology
12 Pulmonary and Chest Cage Physiology
13 Electrophysiology
14 Cerebral Spinal Fluid Physiology
SECTION 4 Biomechanics
15 Biomechanics
16 Biomechanics of the Intervertebral Disk
17 Spine Testing Modalities
SECTION 5 Pharmacology
18 Antibiotic Therapy in Spine Surgery
19 Osteoporosis: Evaluation and Pharmacologic Treatment
20 Pharmacologic Agents that Minimize Perioperative Blood Loss in Spine Surgery
21 Common Medications in Spinal Afflictions
SECTION 6 Pathology
22 Pathophysiology of Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease
23 Spinal Inflammatory Arthritides
24 Spinal Neuroarthropathy (Charcot's Spine)
25 Pyogenic Vertebral Infection
26 Coagulation Disorders in Spine Surgery
27 Blood Conservation Strategies in Spine Surgery
28 Management of Metastatic Disease to the Spine
SECTION 7 Clinical Evaluation
29 Evaluation of the Patient with Congenital Spine Deformity
30 Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with a Spine Deformity (Scoliosis, Kyphosis)
31 Clinical Evaluation for Neuromuscular Scoliosis and Kyphosis
32 Evaluation of Back Pain in the Spinal Deformity Patient
SECTION 8 Neurology
33 Spinal Cord Injury, Reflexes, and Syndromes
34 Anterior Horn Cell Disease: Poliomyelitis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, Acute Transverse Myelitis
35 Congenital and Developmental Spinal Cord Abnormalities: Syringomyelia, Tethered Cord, Diastematomyella, Diplomyelia
36 The Spine in Friedrich's Ataxia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, and Familial Dysautonomia
37 Cerebral Palsy, Myelodysplasia, Hydrosyringomyelia, Rett Syndrome, and Muscular Dystrophies
SECTION 9 Anesthesia
38 Anesthetic Considerations for Spinal Surgery
SECTION 10 Radiology
39 Radiology
SECTION 11 Rehabilitation
40 Rehabilitation
SECTION 12 Treatment of the Adult Spine
41 Operative Management of Degenerative Lumbar Stenosis
42 Degenerative Disk Disease and Degenerative Spondylolisthesis of the Lumbar Spine
43 Adult Spine Trauma
44 Inflammatory Arthritis of the Spine
45 Vertebral Osteomyelitis
46 Neoplasms of the Spinal Column
SECTION 13 Surgical Techniques
47 Tables and Positioning
48 Halo and Cranial Traction
49 Approaches to the Cervical Spine
50 Open Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Surgical Approaches
51 Cervical Decompression
52 Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
53 Spine Fusion
54 Spine Osteotomy and Resection
55 Staging Plus Complications of Approaches
56 Thoracoplasty
57 Endoscopic and Mini-Open Approaches to the Spine
SECTION 14 Instrumentation and Complications
58 Basic Principles of Deformity Correction
59 A Biomechanical Approach to Posterior Spinal Instrumentation: Principles and Applications
60 Sacropelvic Fixation in Spinal Deformity
61 Neurological Injury Complicating Surgery
62 Postoperative Complications
63 Revision Surgery
SECTION 15 Pediatric Spine
64 Etiology of Scoliosis
65 Idiopathic Scoliosis: Prevalence and Natural History
66 Congenital Scoliosis and Kyphosis
67 Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of the Child's Spine
68 The Spine in Skeletal Syndromes and Dysplasias
69 Neuromuscular Scoliosis
70 Pediatric

Landmark text from an international team of authors which is the first to address this complex field in a single, comprehensive volume. This book is am official product of the Scoliosis Research Society, it brings the essential information necessary for treating spinal deformities. More than 800 illustrations demonstrate correct methods for spinal surgery. The treatment of spinal deformities has developed at an amazing pace over the last several decades. This landmark text, an official product of the Scoliosis Research Society, is the first to address this complex field in a single, comprehensive volume. An international team of authors brings you the essential information necessary for treating spinal deformities. More than 800 illustrations demonstrate correct methods for spinal surgery.

The book begins with an introduction to surgical anatomy and then goes on to cover such topics as: physiology; pharmacology; neurology; radiology; instrumentation; and much more! Every aspect of spinal deformities is discussed, from initial diagnosis and underlying causes, to treatment, complications, and rehabilitation for people of all ages--from infants to senior citizens.