Spine Trauma

General Information

This comprehensive new title covers the many elements of spinal injury care, including epidemiology, emergency evaluation, diagnosis of spine injury in the polytrauma patient—and reflects advancements and options in radiologic imaging, pharmacologic management, and surgical treatment, and rehabilitation.

For a variety of upper and lower cervical spine injuries—as well as the major thoracic, lumbar, and sacral injuries—the editors offer a consistent and practical resource. For each injury, they provide a full review of the anatomy and evaluation methods, followed by discussion of the appropriate techniques for operative and non-operative care, concluding with the expected results of treatment, as well as potential complications.

Spine Trauma 2nd. Edition, explores:

• Anatomy and pathophysiology of spinal trauma and spinal cord injury
• Detailed initial evaluation of the patient who has potential spinal injury
• Up-to-date treatment algorithms, surgical techniques, and instrumentation
• Specific injuries of the upper and lower cervical spine
• Major thoracic, lumbar, and sacral injuries
• Rehabilitation of the spinal cord injury patient and the common long-term complications

The team approach is a hallmark of spinal injury care. From stabilization and evaluation through surgical treatment and on to rehabilitation, this text addresses all the health professionals involved in the complex spectrum of care of spinal injury patients.

The AAOS will donate 12.5% of net revenues from the sale of this book to the Alan M. Levine Educational Fund.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Emergency Treatment of Spine Trauma Injuries

• 1. Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury
  Eli M. Baron, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD; Jack E. Zigler, MD
• 2. Injury Scene Assessment, Extrication, and Transport
  S. Babak Kalantar, MD; Christopher H. Perkins, MD; Charles A. Reitman, MD
• 3. Physical Examination
  Robert McGuire, MD
• 4. Emergency Management of Spine Injuries in Polytrauma Patients
  Sohail K. Mirza, MD, MPH
• 5. "Clearing" the Cervical Spine in the Trauma Patient
  Darren R. Lebl, MD; Rajiv K. Sethi, MD; Paul A. Anderson, MD; Mitchel B. Harris, MD, FACS
• 6. Pharmacologic Treatments for Spinal Cord Injury
  Michelle Ng, BSc; Brian K. Kwon, MD, PhD, FRCSC
• 7. Considerations of Timing and Sequencing of Treatment
  Jamie Purzner, MD; Teresa Purzner, MD; Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS
• 8. Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury
  Patrick J. Cahill, MD; Terrence Cahill, MD; Steven Hwang, MD; Amer Samdani, MD; Martin J. Herman, MD

Section 2: General Principles

• 9. Vascular Anatomy of the Spine
  Christopher Bono, MD; Wesley W. Parke, MD; Steven R. Garfan, MD; Mark Valente, DO
• 10. The Anatomy and Pathophysiology of the Spinal Cord Injury and Repair
  Douglas G. Chang, MD, PhD; Kevin D. Gerhart, MD, PhD
• 11. Experimental Spinal Cord Injury
  Ted Brindle, MD; Alberto Martinez-Arizala, MD; Allan Levi, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS; Barth A. Green, MD, FACS
• 12. Biomechanics of Spinal Instrumentation: Applications for Trauma
  Ahmad Faizan, PhD; Nathaniel R. Ordway, MS, PE; Vijay K. Goel, PhD; Amir Fayyazi; Hansen A.Yuan, MD

Section 3: Practical Considerations

• 13. Classification of Spinal Injury
  Kris Radcliff, MD; Worawat Limthongkul, MD; Lawrence Delasotta, MD, MPH; Jeffrey Moore, BS; Alan M. Levine, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 14. An Imaging Atlas of Spinal Injury
  Stephen L. Gabriel Rothman, MD; Jack E. Zigler, MD
• 15. Surgical Approaches to the Cervical Spine
  Scott H. Kitchel, MD
• 16. Surgical Approaches to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
  Scott H. Kitchel, MD
• 17. Intraoperative Evaluation: Somatosensory-Evoked Potentials and Electromyography
  Rob D. Dickerman, DO, PhD; Richard D. Guyer, MD
• 18. Spinal Orthoses
  Michael Vives, MD; Steven R. Garfin, MD

Section 4: Cervical Injuries

• 19. Occipitocervical Trauma
  Jonathan G. Roper, MD; Daveed Frazier, MD; Frank J. Eismont, MD
• 20. Fractures of the Atlas
  Kris Radcliff, MD; Lauren R. Maher, BA; Joseph Hong, BS; Rebecca Stinsman, BS; Alan M. Levine, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 21. Odontoid Fractures
  Travis G. Maak, MD; Jonathan N. Grauer, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 22. Atlantoaxial Rotatory Deformities
  Bradford L. Currier, MD; Christopher Frank Wagener, MD
• 23. Insufficiency of the Transverse Ligament
  Mark A. Knaub, MD; Lawrence T. Kurz, MD; Harry N. Herkowitz, MD
• 24. Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis (Hangman's Fracture)
  Kris Radcliff, MD; Joseph L. Ferguson, DPT, BS; Luciano Miller Reis Rodrigues, MD; Jordan Gruskay, BA; Alan M. Levine, MD; Todd Albert, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 25. Subaxial Cervical Spine Burst Fractures
  Nancy McLaughlin, MD, PhD, FRCSC; Daniel Shedid, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FABN; Edward C. Benzel, MD
• 26. Teardrop Fractures of the Cervical Spine
  Yu-Po Lee, MD; Steven R. Garfin, MD
• 27. Cervical Facet Fractures and Dislocations
  Kris Radcliff, MD; Marcos Andre Sonagli, MD; Lawrence Delasotta, MD, MPH; Nina Singh, MD; Elizabeth Morrison, MD, Alan M. Levine, MD, Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 28. Hyperextension Injuries of the Cervical Spine
  Robert P. Norton, MD; Gregory S. McDowell, MD; Frank P. Cammisa Jr., MD, FACS; Frank J. Eismont, MD

Section 5: Thoracolumbar Injuries

• 29. Compression Fractures of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
  Michael S. Linn, MD; Choll W. Kim, MD, PhD; Mark Valente, DO
• 30. Flexion-Distraction Injuries of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine
  Frank J. Eismont, MD; Esteban Cuartas, MD
• 31. Facet Fractures and Dislocations of the Thoracolumbar Spine
  Mara Karamtopitoulos, MD; Kris Radcliff, MD; Alana J. Arnold, BS; Alan M. Levine, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 32. Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures
  Juan M. Raposo, MD; Christopher Bono, MD; Bradford L. Currier, MD
• 33. Low Lumbar Spine Trauma
  Kris Radcliff, MD; Todd Rubin, BS; Lawrence Delasotta, MD, MPH; Mohammed Reza Rasouli, MD; James Harrop, MD; Alan M. Levine, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 34. Fractures of the Sacrum
  Kris Radcliff, MD; Timothy Dilorio, MD; Alvin Ong, MD; Jordan Gruskay, BA; Alan M. Levine, MD; Jeffrey A. Rihn, MD; Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
• 35. Gunshot Wounds of the Spine
  Robert P. Norton, MD; Jonathan G. Roper, MD; Sebastian Lattuga, MD; Frank J. Eismont, MD

Section 6: Postoperative Care and Rehabilitation

• 36. Immediate Postoperative Care
  Reynold Rimoldi, MD; Jack E. Zigler, MD
• 37. Rehabilitation
  Jack E. Zigler, MD; Cheryl Resnik, MS, DPT; Lisa Carroll, PT; Adriana N. Ramirez, OTR/L, BS; Michal Atkins, MA, OTR/L; Lilli Thompson, PT, NCS, ATP
• 38. Posttraumatic Syringomyelia
  Andrew Jea, MD; David M. Benglis, Jr., MD; Steven Falcone, MD, MBA; Barth A. Green, MD, FACS
• 39. Complications of the Musculoskeletal System Following Spinal Cord Injury
  Michael J. Botte, MD; William J. Peace, MD; Lorenzo L. Pacelli, MD