The difference between an average surgeon and a master surgeon is often an ability to navigate and resolve surgical complications. Complications in Orthopaedics: Spine Surgery provides expert guidance and offers real solutions to improve patient outcomes, for both the trainee and the experienced surgeon. This brand-new volume in the Complications in Orthopaedics series from series editor Dr. Stephen R. Thompson, along with expert spinal surgeons Drs. Vikas Patel and Christopher J. Kleck, focuses on how to recognize and avoid errors during spine surgery, with thorough coverage of preoperative errors, intraoperative issues, and postoperative complications.
Key features
Helps you navigate a wide variety of inevitable difficult situations in spine surgery, whether errors in judgment, technical mistakes, or unavoidable outcomes.
Covers key topics such as Avoiding Complications in Pain Management Before and After Spine Surgery, Managing Spinal Cord Injuries, Complications Associated with Congenital and Neuromuscular Scoliosis, Osteotomy and Surgical Correction Related Complications, and more.
Features a full-color design with numerous photographs, radiographs, and illustrations.
Includes clinical images and MRI and CT scans to enhance and reinforce the material.
Follows a templated, reader-friendly format throughout.
Includes introductory material on relevant anatomy and necessary background information.
An eBook version The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.
Readership
Orthopaedic surgeons/ residents
Table of contents
1 Introduction
Section 1: General Spine
2 Optimization to Avoid Complications
3 Managing Medical Complications
4 Avoiding Complications in Pain Management
Before and After Spine Surgery
5 Avoiding Complications in Outpatient Spine
Surgery
6 Managing Spinal Cord Injuries
7 Managing Nerve Root Injuries
8 Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of
Postoperative Spine Infections
Section 2: Cervical Spine
9 When to Operate on the Cervical Spine?
10 General Complications of Cervical Spine
Surgery
11 Anterior Approach Related Complications
12 Posterior Approach Related Complications
13 Long-Term Complications following Cervical
Spine Surgery
14 Complications of Posterior Minimally Invasive
Surgery of the Cervical Spine
Section 3: Thoracic Spine
15 When to Operate on the Thoracic Spine
16 Minimally Invasive Lateral Approach Related
Complications
17 Complications of the Posterior Approach in
Thoracic Spine Surgery
18 Long-term Complications of Thoracic Spine
Surgery
Section 4: Lumbar Spine
19 When to Operate on the Lumbar Spine
20 General Complication in Lumbar Spine
Surgery
21 Avoiding Complications Associated with
Anterior Lumbar Surgery
22 Lateral Approach Related Complications
23 Posterior Approach Related
Complications
24 Long-Term Complications of Lumbar Spine
Surgery
25 Complications of Minimally Invasive Surgery
of the Lumbar Spine
Section 5: Pediatric Spinal Deformity
26 When to Operate on Pediatric
Spine Deformity
27 General Complications in Pediatric Spinal
Deformity
28 Complications Associated with Congenital
and Neuromuscular Scoliosis
29 Long-Term Complications in Pediatric Spine
Surgery
Section 6: Adult Spinal Deformity
30 When to Operate on Adult Spine
Deformity
31 Complications of Adult Deformity
Surgery
32 Osteotomy and Surgical Correction Related
Complications
33 Long-Term Complications
Index
