Surgical Approaches to the Spine

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Anterior Cervical Approaches to the Spine....Pages 1-6
Transoral Approach to C1-2....Pages 7-11
Anterior Medial Approach to C1,2,3....Pages 12-19
Anterior Lateral Approach to the Upper Cervical Spine....Pages 20-25
Anterior Medial Approach to the Midcervical Spine....Pages 26-31
Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine (Verbiest)....Pages 32-38
Lateral Approach to the Cervical Spine (Hodgson)....Pages 39-42
Supraclavicular Approach....Pages 43-49
Lincoln Highway Approach to the Cervical Spine....Pages 50-56
Cervical-Thoracic Junction....Pages 57-57
Transaxillary Approach to the Upper Dorsal Spine....Pages 58-63
Third Rib Resection in the Transthoracic Approach....Pages 64-68
Thoracotomy Approach....Pages 69-79
The Thoracolumbar Junction....Pages 80-82
Tenth Rib: Thoracoabdominal Approach....Pages 83-88
Eleventh Rib Approach....Pages 89-95
Twelfth Rib Approach....Pages 96-100
Anterior Retroperitoneal Flank Approach to L2-5 of the Lumbar Spine....Pages 101-111
Anterior Retroperitoneal Flank Approach to L5-S1....Pages 112-116
Anterior Extraperitoneal Midline Incision of L2-S1....Pages 117-122
Transperitoneal Midline Approach to L4-S1....Pages 123-129
Superior Hypogastric Sympathetic Plexus....Pages 130-132
Approach to the Posterior Aspect of C1-2....Pages 133-139
Cervical Foraminotomy: Indications and Technique....Pages 140-147
Costotransversectomy....Pages 148-153
Posterior Approach to the Lower Lumbar Spine....Pages 154-166
Lumbar Laminotomy, Foraminotomy, Root Decompression, and Discectomy in the Lateral Position....Pages 167-175
Bilateral Paraspinous Lumbosacral Approach....Pages 176-182
Back Matter....Pages 183-190