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 is included with purchase. 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.
Author Information
Edited by Vikas Patel, MD, Professor & Executive Vice Chair Orthopaedics; Christopher J. Kleck, MD, Chief of Orthopedic Surgery Assistant Professor and Stephen Thompson, MD, MEd, FRCSC, Medical Director, EMMC Sports Health, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine
1 Optimization to Avoid Complications
2 Managing Medical Complications
3 Avoiding Complications in Pain Management Before and After Spine Surgery
4 Avoiding Complications in Outpatient Spine Surgery
5 Managing Spinal Cord Injuries
6 Managing Nerve Root Injuries
7 Managing Post-operative Infections
8 When to Operate on the Cervical Spine
9 General Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery
10 Anterior Approach Related Complications
11 Posterior Approach Related Complications
12 Long-term Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery
13 Complications of Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Cervical Spine
14 When to Operate on the Thoracic Spine
15 Lateral Approach Related Complications
16 Posterior Approach Related Complications
17 Long-term Complications of Thoracic Spine Surgery
18 When to Operate on the Lumbar Spine
19 General Complications of Lumbar Spine Surgery
20 Anterior Approach Related Complications
21 Lateral Approach Related Complications
22 Posterior Approach Related Complications
23 Long-Term Complications of Lumbar Spine Surgery
24 Complications of Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine
25 When to Operate on Pediatric Spine Deformity
26 General Complications
27 Complications Associated with Congenital and Neuromuscular Scoliosis
28 Long-term Complications
29 When to Operate on Adult Spine Deformity
30 General Complications
31 Osterotomy and Surgical Correction Related Complications
32 Long-Term Complications