Decision Making in Spinal Care

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Rothman Institute, Philadelphia, PA, USA

• I Cervical Trauma1 Occipito-Atlantal Injuries2 C1 Ring Fractures3 Atlanto-Axial Instability4 Odontoid Fractures5 Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis (Hangman's Fracture)6 Flexion-Compression Injuries of the Cervical Spine7 Cervical Distraction-Extension Injuries8 Cervical Facet Dislocations9 Cervicothoracic Fractures and Dislocations10 Facet FracturesII Thoracolumbar Trauma11 Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebral Compression Fractures12 Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures13 Thoracolumbar Flexion-Distraction Injuries14 Thoracolumbar Fracture Dislocations15 Sacral Fractures16 Thoracolumbar Distraction-Extension InjuriesIII Cervical Degenerative/Metabolic Disease17 Cervical Disk Degeneration18 Cervical Radiculopathy19 Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior Approach20 Cervical Myelopathy: Posterior Approach21 Cervical Kyphosis22 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament23 Cervical Whiplash24 Cervical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Injections and ProceduresIV Thoracic Degenerative/Metabolic Disease25 Ankylosing Spondylitis26 Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis27 Thoracic Disk HerniationV Lumbar Degenerative/Metabolic Disease28 Lumbar Disk Disease and Low Back Pain29 Lumbar Radiculopathy30 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis31 Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis32 Degenerative Scoliosis33 Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis34 Failed Back Syndromes35 Lumbar Injections and ProceduresVI Scoliosis36 Congenital Scoliosis37 Infantile Scoliosis38 Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis39 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis40 Neuromuscular Scoliosis41 Adult ScoliosisVII Kyphosis42 Scheuermann Disease43 Post-Traumatic Thoracolumbar Kyphosis44 Corrective Osteotomies for KyphosisVIII Spondylolisthesis45 High-Grade SpondylolisthesisIX Spinal Tumors46 Primary Spinal Tumors47 Metastatic Spinal Tumors48 Classification, Staging, and Management of Spinal TumorsX Spinal Infections and Inflammatory Disease49 Pyogenic Infections of the Spine50 Atypical Infections of the Spine: Tuberculosis and Fungal51 Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical SpineXI Osteoporosis52 Medical Management of Spinal Osteoporosis53 Surgical Treatment of the Osteopenic Patient54 Vertebroplasty and KyphoplastyXII Minimally Invasive Surgery55 Minimally Invasive Anterior Cervical Approaches56 Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Approaches57 Thoracoscopy58 Lumbar Laparoscopy59 Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery60 Computer-Assisted Spinal SurgeryXIII Non-Fusion Techniques61 Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment62 Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty63 Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty of the Lumbar Spine64 Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion DevicesXIV Spinal Imaging65 Imaging for Back Pain and Spinal Infection66 Spinal Imaging for PseudarthrosisXV Spinal Monitoring67 Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Spine SurgeryXVI Miscellaneous Topics68 Spinal Cord Stimulators for Back Pain69 Spinal Cord Stimulators for Extremity Pain70 Bone Graft Substitutes/Biologics71 Bracing and Orthoses72 Penetrating Injuries to the Spine73 Spine Emergencies