Surgery of the Vertebral Column and Spinal Cord — Treatise on Neurosurgery and Orthopedics

Surgery · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Tratado clínico-quirúrgico avanzado para el abordaje sistémico de las patologías degenerativas, traumáticas, tumorales, infecciosas y deformidades del raquis, integrando principios de microcirugía, monitorización neurofisiológica y fijación biomecánica avanzada.

What it covers

1. Surgical Anatomy and Biomechanics of the Spine
2. · Craniocervical Union (C0-C1-C2) and its Ligamentary Complexes
3. · Vascular Irrigation of the Spinal Cord and Areas of Ischemic Vulnerability
4. Pathophysiology of the Spinal Cord and Nervous Roots
5. · Mechanisms of Tissue Damage and Chronic Myelopathy
6. · Clinical Spinal Syndromes and Neuroanatomical Correlation
7. Cervical Degenerative Pathology
8. · Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM): Clinical and Natural History
9. · Cervical Radiculopathy vs. Cervical myelopathy
10. · Cervical Decompression Surgical Options
11. Dorso-Lumbar Degenerative Pathology
12. · Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) and Neurogenic Claudication
13. · Pathophysiology of Lumbar Disc Herniation
14. · Spondylolisthesis: Types and Meyerding Classification
15. · Lumbar Interbody Fusion Modalities
16. Spinal cord trauma (TRM)
17. · Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury: Primary and Secondary Mechanisms
18. · ASIA Impairment Scale (American Spinal Injury Association)
19. · Fracture Stability Classification Systems
20. Specific Traumatic Injuries and Dislocations
21. · Fractures of the Craniocervical and Upper Cervical Union
22. · Subaxial Cervical Facet Dislocations (C3-C7)
23. Tumors of the Vertebral Column
24. · Primary Vertebral Bone Tumors
25. · Vertebral Metastases and Neoplastic Epidural Spinal Compression (CMEN)
26. Intradural Tumors (Extramedullary and Intramedullary)
27. · Intradural Extramedullary Tumors
28. · Intradural Intramedullary Tumors
29. Spine Infections (Spondylodiscitis and Abscesses)
30. · Acute Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis
31. · Tuberculous Spondylodiscitis (Pott's Disease)
32. Deformities of the Vertebral Column
33. · Scoliosis: Adolescent Idiopathic (AIA) vs. Adult Degenerative Disease (EDA)
34. · Pelviosagittal Parameters and Spinal Balance
35. · Spinal Osteotomy Strategies for Deformity Correction
36. Congenital and Developmental Pathology of the Cord and Column
37. · Spinal Dysraphisms: Open vs. Closed
38. · Tethered Cord Syndrome
39. Surgical Spinal Approach and Instrumentation Techniques
40. · Surgical Approaches to the Spine
41. · Biology of Bone Graft and Spinal Fusion
42. · Biomechanics of Posterior Transpedicular Fixation
43. Complications in Spine Surgery and their Complex Management
44. · Incidental Durotomy and Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Fistulas
45. · Spinal Fusion Pseudoarthrosis
46. · Late Biomechanical Complications: PJK and PJF
47. Neurophysiological Monitoring and Differential Diagnosis
48. · Modalities of Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (IOM)
49. · Integrative Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Pathologies