Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery Avoidance and Management of Complications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Denaro, Luca (Editor), D'Avella, Domenico (Editor), Denaro, Vincenzo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Neurosurgery.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.; Forensic Medicine.

Spinal surgery is a unique area in the process of continuous development. New skills are applied daily in this delicate field by the spinal surgeon: this professional can be either an orthopaedic surgeon or a neurosurgeon dedicated to the treatment of spinal diseases. This book offers a comprehensiv...

Table of Contents:

• General complications
• Complication Related to Medical Conditions
• Hematologic Issues in Cervical Spine Surgery
• Complications in Surgical Management of Cervical Spinal Metastases
• Systematic Approach to the Patient to Minimize Errors of Diagnosis and Surgical Indications
• Peri-operative complications
• Considerations and Anesthesiologic Complications in Spinal Surgery
• General Complications Related to Patient Positioning
• Complications of Surgical Approaches
• Complications Related to Anterior Approaches
• Complications Related to Anterolateral Approaches
• Complications Related to Posterior Approach
• Complications related to osteo-articular diseases
• Degenerative Disk Disease
• Cervical Spine Bone Tumor Surgery
• Cervical Spine Traumas
• Infections of the Cervical Spine
• Pitfalls Related to Inflammatory Disorders
• Complications related to neural diseases
• Spinal Cord Neoplasms
• Syringomyelia
• Miscellanea
• Complications Related to Graft
• Pitfalls Related to Inadequate or Incomplete Surgical Technique and Errors of Level
• Complications Due to Inadequate Cervical Spinal Immobilization.