Spinal deformities: the comprehensive text

Content: Surgical anatomy of the sacrum and pelvis --
Surgical anatomy of the lumbar spine --
Surgical anatomy of the thoracic spine --
Surgical anatomy of the cervical spine --
Muscles and ligaments --
Development and maturation of the spine and spinal cord --
Microscopic anatomy of bone --
Macro- and microscopic anatomy of the disk and end plate --
Nervous system --
Physiology of bone --
Nerve and muscle physiology --
Pulmonary and chest cage physiology --
Electrophysiology --
Cerebral spinal fluid physiology --
Biomechanics --
Biomechanics of the intervertebral disk --
Spine testing modalities --
Antibiotic therapy in spine surgery --
Osteoporosis: evaluation and pharmacologic treatment --
Pharmacologic agents that minimize perioperative blood loss in spine surgery --
Common medications in spinal afflictions --
Pathophysiology of lumbar degenerative disk disease --
Spinal inflammatory arthritides --
Spinal neuroarthropathy (Charcot's spine ) --
Phyogenic vertebral infection --
Coagulation disorders in spine surgery --
Blood conservation strategies in spine surgery --
Management of metastatic disease to the spine --
Evaluation of the patient with congenital spine deformity --
Clinical evaluaiton of the patient with a spine deformity (scoliosis, kyphosis) --
Clinical evaluation for neuromuscular scoliosis and kyphosis --
Evaluation of back pain in the spinal deformity patient --
Spinal cord injury, reflexes, and syndromes --
Anterior horn cell disease: poliomyelitis, spinal muscular atrophy, acute transverse myelitis --
Congenital and developmental spinal cord abnormalities: syringomyelia, tethered cord, diastematomyella, diplomyelia --
The spine in Friedrich's ataxia, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, and familial dysautonomia --
Cerebral palsy, myelodysplasia, hydrosringomyelia, Rett syndrome, and muscular dystrophies --
Anesthetic considerations for spinal surgery --
Radiology --
Rehabilitation --
Operative management of degenerative lumber stenosis --
Degenerative disk disease and degenerative spondylolisthesis of the lumbar spine --
Adult spine trauma --
Inflammatory arthritis of the spine --
Vertebral osteomyelitis --
Neoplasms of the spinal column --
Tables and positioning --
Halo and cranial traction --
Approaches to the cervical spine --
Open thoracic and lumbar spine surgical approaches --
Cervical decompression --
Decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis --
Spine fusion --
Spine osteotomy and resection --
Staging plus complications of approaches --
Thoracoplasty --
Endoscopic and mini-open approaches to the spine --
Basic principles of deformity correction --
A biomechanical approach to posterior spinal instrumentation: principles and applications --
Sacropelvic fixation in spinal deformity --
Neurological injury complicating surgery --
Postoperative complications --
Revision surgery --
Etiology of scoliosis --
Idiopathic scoliosis: prevalence and natural history --
Congenital scoliosis and kyphosis --
Inflammatory and infectious disorders of the child's spine --
The spine in skeletal syndromes and dysplasias --
Neuromuscular scoliosis --
Pediatric spine trauma --
Spine tumors in childhood and adolescence --
Idiopathic scoliosis: general considerations, natural history, and treatment guidelines --
Bracing in scoliosis --
Spinal deformities associated with metabolic diseases --
Perioperative blood and blood product management for spinal deformity surgery...