Neurosurgical Operative Atlas: Spine and Peripheral Nerves

Professor and Vice ChairmanResidency Program DirectorCo-Director, Spinal Surgery ProgramDept. of Neurological SurgeryUniversity of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public healthPresident, Congress of Neurological SurgeonsDirector, Research Council, North American Spine SocietyPast Chair, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the SpineProfessor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, USA

Part I Cervical Spine

1. Transoral Surgery for Craniovertebral Junction Abnormalities

2. High Anterior Cervical, Retropharyngeal Approach to the Ventral Craniocervical Junction and Upper Cervical Spine

3. Transcondylar Approach to the Craniocervical Junction

4. Dorsal Approach to the Craniocervical Junction

5. Anterior Odontoid Screw Instrumentation

6. C1–2 Transarticular Screw Instrumentation

7. C1 Lateral Mass Fixation

8. Craniocervical Instrumentation Techniques

9. Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion

10. Anterior Cervical Corpectomy

11. Anterior Cervical Instrumentation

12. Cervical Disk Arthroplasty

13. Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Diskectomy

14. Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion

15. Posterior Correction of Cervical Postlaminectomy Instability

16. Expansive Open-Door Laminoplasty for Multilevel Cervical Canal Stenosis

17. Minimally Invasive Decompression of the Cervical Spine

18. Posterior Cervical Wiring Techniques

19. Cervical Posterior Lateral Mass Fixation

20. Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation

21. Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Fusion

22. Trapdoor Exposure of the Cervicothoracic Junction

23. Posterior Instrumentation Techniques for the Cervicothoracic Junction

24. Surgical Treatment of Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Tumors

25. Surgical Techniques for Resection of Vascular Malformations within the Spinal Cord

26. Management of the Vertebral Artery during Excision of Extradural Tumors of the Cervical Spine

Part II Thoracic Spine

27. Costotransversectomy

28. Lateral Extracavitary Approach to the Thoracocolumbar Spine

29. Lateral Parascapular Approach to the Upper Thoracic Spine

30. Retropleural Approach to the Thoracolumbar Spine

31. Transthoracic Thoracic Diskectomy

32. Transthoracic Resection of Vertebral Body Metastasis

33. Primary Anterior Treatment of Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures

34. Vertebroplasty

35. Minimally Invasive Approaches to the Thoracic Spine

36. Sublaminar Wiring Techniques in the Thoracolumbar Spine

37. Posterior Thoracic Instrumentation with Pedicle Screws, Hooks, Wires, and Rods

38. Anterior Thoracolumbar Instrumentation

39. Surgical Treatment of PenetratingWounds of the Spine

40. Stereotactic Radiosurgery in the Thoracic Spine

Part III Lumbosacral Spine

41. Unilateral Diskectomy through a Midline Incision

42. Minimally Invasive Lumbar Diskectomy

43. Minimally Invasive Resection of Lumbar Synovial Cysts and Foraminal Disks

44. Surgical Treatment of Far Lateral Lumbar Disk Herniation

45. Surgical Treatment of Isthmic Spondylolisthesis

46. Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction/Extension Osteotomy

47. Surgical Considerations for the Management of Lumbar Degenerative Disease with Multiplanar Deformity

48. Total Sacrectomy

49. Posterolateral Lumbar Spine Fusion

50. Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

51. Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

52. Transpedicular Instrumentation of the Lumbar Spine

53. Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty

54. Lumbopelvic Fixation Techniques

55. Sacroiliac Joint Fusion Indications and Techniques

56. Lumboperitoneal Shunting

57. Image Guidance In Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery

58. The Minimally Invasive Retroperitoneal Transpsoas Approach

Part IV Peripheral Nerves

59. Carpal Tunnel Release

60. Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Via a Biportal Approach

61. Ulnar Neurolysis (Simple Decompression) for Cubital Tunnel Syndrome

62. Subcutaneous Transposition of the Ulnar Nerve

63. Ulnar Nerve Submuscular Transposition

64. Surgical Treatment of Ulnar Nerve Entrapment at theWrist

65. Brachial Plexus Surgery: Exposure

66. Brachial Plexus Surgery: Restoration of Function

67. Surgical Exposure of Peripheral Nerves of the Upper Extremity. I: Median Nerve

68. Surgical Exposure of Peripheral Nerves of the Upper Extremity. Part II: Radial Nerve

69. Surgical Treatment of Meralgia Paresthetica

70. Surgical Exposure of Peripheral Nerves of the Lower Extremity. I. Sciatic Nerve and Its Branches (Peroneal and Posterior Tibial Nerves)

71. Surgical Exposure of Peripheral Nerves of the Lower Extremity. II. Femoral Nerve, Saphenous Nerve, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve, and Sural Nerve

72. Nerve Transfer Procedures for Upper Trunk Avulsion

73. Surgical Techniques for Peripheral Nerve Repair

74. Harvesting Techniques of Cutaneous Nerves for Grafting