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Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery

Avoidance and Management of Complications

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Editors:
  1. Luca Denaro

    1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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  2. Domenico D'Avella

    1. Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

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  3. Vincenzo Denaro

    1. Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy

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  • Hands-on guidance to the avoidance and management of complications in cervical spine surgery

  • Special focus on medicolegal aspects, informed consent and forensic aspects

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. General complications

    1. Complication Related to Medical Conditions

      • Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Antonio Picardi
      Pages 3-11

    2. Hematologic Issues in Cervical Spine Surgery

      • Giuseppe Avvisati, Ombretta Annibali, Elisabetta Cerchiara, Marianna De Muro, Rosa Greco, Francesco Marchesi et al.
      Pages 13-27

    3. Complications in Surgical Management of Cervical Spinal Metastases

      • Giuseppe Tonini, Bruno Vincenzi, Chiara Spoto, Daniele Santini
      Pages 29-43

    4. Systematic Approach to the Patient to Minimize Errors of Diagnosis and Surgical Indications

      • Umile Giuseppe Longo, Luca Denaro, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 45-56

  3. Peri-operative complications

    1. Considerations and Anesthesiologic Complications in Spinal Surgery

      • Massimiliano Carassiti, Serena Antonelli, Demetrio Panzera, Felice Eugenio Agrò
      Pages 59-68

    2. General Complications Related to Patient Positioning

      • Luca Denaro, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 69-77

  4. Complications of Surgical Approaches

    1. Complications Related to Anterior Approaches

      • Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 81-90

    2. Complications Related to Anterolateral Approaches

      • Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Rocco Papalia, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 91-108

    3. Complications Related to Posterior Approach

      • Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 109-118

  5. Complications related to osteo-articular diseases

    1. Degenerative Disk Disease

      • Vincenzo Denaro, Luca Denaro, Alberto Di Martino, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Nicola Maffulli
      Pages 121-163

    2. Cervical Spine Bone Tumor Surgery

      • Luca Denaro, Alberto Di Martino, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 165-174

    3. Cervical Spine Traumas

      • Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Alberto Di Martino, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 175-191

    4. Infections of the Cervical Spine

      • Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 193-201

    5. Pitfalls Related to Inflammatory Disorders

      • Alberto Di Martino, Luca Denaro, Umile Giuseppe Longo, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 203-218

  6. Complications related to neural diseases

    1. Spinal Cord Neoplasms

      • Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella
      Pages 221-228

    2. Syringomyelia

      • Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella
      Pages 229-235

  7. Miscellanea

    1. Complications Related to Graft

      • Umile Giuseppe Longo, Luca Denaro, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 239-281

    2. Pitfalls Related to Inadequate or Incomplete Surgical Technique and Errors of Level

      • Luca Denaro, Rocco Papalia, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 283-290

    3. Complications Due to Inadequate Cervical Spinal Immobilization

      • Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Nicola Maffulli, Vincenzo Denaro
      Pages 291-299
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About this book

Spinal surgery is a unique area in the process of continuous development. New skills are applied daily in this delicate field by the spinal surgeon: this professional can be either an orthopaedic surgeon or a neurosurgeon dedicated to the treatment of spinal diseases. This book offers a comprehensive approach and reviews all of the possible errors encountered by spinal surgeons in the clinical practice. It is mainly directed towards young surgeons approaching spinal surgery and also to experienced surgeons with regards to complications related to the latest technologies in the spinal field. This approach of treating and understanding problems in cervical spine surgery is unique and will guide the reader towards an improved level of attention regarding pitfalls in cervical spine surgery, therefore fostering the ability of preventing major complications and medicolegal consequences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neuroscience, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella

  • Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy

    Vincenzo Denaro

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pitfalls in Cervical Spine Surgery

  • Book Subtitle: Avoidance and Management of Complications

  • Editors: Luca Denaro, Domenico D'Avella, Vincenzo Denaro

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85019-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-85018-2Published: 17 December 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-43472-3Published: 08 July 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-85019-9Published: 13 December 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 303

  • Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Forensic Medicine

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