Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques

Gardner-Wells Tong or Crown-Halo Reduction for Cervical Facet Dislocations 37 Posterior Approach for the Treatment of Locked Cervical Facets 38 Subaxial Cervical Lateral Mass Screw Fixation 39 Subaxial Cervical Pedicle Screw Fixation 40 C7 Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy D. Combined Anterior-Posterior Approach 41 Combined Anterior-Posterior Approach for Complete Vertebral Resection in the Midcervical Spine Section III Cervicothoracic Junction A. Anterior Approach 42 Supraclavicular Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction 43 Transmanubrial-Transclavicular and Transsternal Approach to the Cervicothoracic Junction 44 Cervicothoracic Corpectomy 45 Anterior Reconstruction Following Cervicothoracic Corpectomy B. Posterior Approach 46 Posterior Cervicothoracic Instrumentation and Fusion Section IV Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine A. Pathology 47 Congenital Abnormalities of the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine 48 Disk Disease of the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine 49 Tumors of the Thoracolumbar Spine 50 Trauma of the Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine 51 Thoracic Epidural Abscess and Osteomyelitis 52 Vascular Malformations of the Spine B. Antero/Anterolateral Approach 53 Open Lateral Transthoracic Approach 54 Open Lateral Transthoracic Diskectomy and Vertebrectomy 55 Endoscopic Lateral Transthoracic Approach 56 Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy 57 Endoscopic Lateral Transthoracic Diskectomy and Vertebrectomy 58 Lateral Transthoracic and Retropleural MIS Approaches 59 Lateral Transthoracic MIS Diskectomy and Vertebrectomy 60 Lateral Graft and Plate Reconstruction 61 Open Thoracoabdominal Approach 62 MIS Thoracoabdominal Approach 63 Open Retroperitoneal Approach 64 Minimally Invasive Retroperitoneal Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion 65 Minimally Invasive Retroperitoneal Vertebrectomy 66 Thoracoabdominal/Retroperitoneal Graft and Lateral Plating C. Posterolateral Approach 67 Open Costotransversectomy 68 MIS Costotransversectomy D. Posterior Approach 69 Thoracic Laminectomy 70 Thoracic Laminoplasty 71 Transpedicular Thoracic Diskectomy 72 Intradural Extramedullary Tumor Resection 73 Intramedullary Tumor Resection 74 Open Anterolateral Cordotomy 75 Commissural Myelotomy 76 Thoracic DREZ Operation 77 Caudalis DREZ 78 Shunt Placement for Syringomyelia 79 Posterior Approach and In-Situ Fusion of the Thoracic Spine 80 Pedicle Screw Instrumentation of the Thoracic Spine 81 Open Scoliosis Correction 82 Minimally Invasive Correction of Spinal Deformity 83 Minimally Invasive Thoracic Decompression for Multilevel Thoracic Pathology Section V Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine A. Pathology 84 Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis in Children 85 Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease 86 Tumors of the Lumbosacral Spine 87 Trauma of the Lumbar Spine and Sacrum B. Anterior Approach 88 Anterior Approach to the Lumbosacral Junction C. Anterolateral Approach 89 Anterolateral Retroperitoneal Approach to the Lumbosacral Spine D. Posterior Approach 90 Open Posterior Lumbar Approach 91 Open Posterior Lumbar Foraminotomy 92 Open Posterior Lumbar Hemilaminectomy 93 Open Posterior Lumbar Microdiskectomy 94 Open Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy 95 MIS Posterior Lumbar Approach 96 MIS Posterior Lumbar Foraminotomy 97 MIS Posterior Lumbar Hemilaminectomy 98 MIS Posterior Lumbar Diskectomy 99 MIS Posterior Lumbar Decompression of Stenosis 100 Microdiskectomy for Foraminal or Far Lateral Disc Herniations 101 Far Lateral MIS Diskectomy 102 Transverse Process Fusion 103 Open Placement of Pedicle Screws: Lumbar, Sacral, and Iliac Screws 104 Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion 105 MIS Placement of Pedicle Screws: Lumbar, Sacral, and Iliac Wing Screws 106 Lumbar Osteotomies 107 Cortical Trajectory Screws 108 MIS Facet Screw 109 Transacral Approach 110 Repair of Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks 111 Lumboperitoneal Shunt 112 Dorsal Rhizotomy of the Lumbosacral Nerve Roots for the Treatment of Spastic Diplegia in Cerebral Palsy Patients 113 Resection of Cauda Equina Ependymomas 114 Release of the Tethered Spinal Cord 115 MIS Release of the Tethered Spinal Cord 116 Implantation of Spinal Cord Stimulators 117 Placement of an Intrathecal Drug Delivery System 118 Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty 119 Resection of Lumbosacral Lipomas 120 Repair of Myelomeningoceles 121 Excision of Spinal Congenital Dermal Tract/Dermoid 122 Resection of Sacrococcygeal Teratoma 123 Surgical Management of Spinal Dysraphism 124 Repair of Diastematomyelia 125 Sacral Agenesis 126 Iliac Crest Bone Grafting Section VI Peripheral Nerves A. Pathology of the Brachial Plexus 127 Neoplasms of Peripheral Nerves 128 Traumatic Peripheral Nerve Injuries 129 Compressive Lesions of the Peripheral Nerve B. Surgery of the Brachial Plexus 130 Supraclavicular Approach to Brachial Plexus Surgery 131 Infraclavicular Approach to Brachial Plexus Surgery 132 Surgical Approach to the Spinal Accessory Nerve 133 Surgical Approach to the Axillary Nerve 134 Surgical Treatment of the Musculocutaneous Nerve 135 Open and Endoscopic Decompression of the Median Nerve 136 Decompression of the Ulnar and Radial Nerve C. Pathology of the Lumbosacral Plexus 137 Trauma to the Lumbosacral Plexus 138 Tumors of the Lumbosacral Plexus D. Surgery of the Lumbosacral Plexus 139 Approach to the Nerves of the Lower Extremity 140 Exposure and Biopsy of the Sural Nerve 141 Approach to the Lumbosacral Plexus E. Other Nerves 142 The Intercostal Nerves 143 Surgical Treatment of Ilioinguinal Neuralgia 144 Surgical Treatment of Genitofemoral Neuralgia 145 Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve 146 Peripheral Nerve Grafting and Harvesting Techniques 147 Superficial Peroneal Nerve Biopsy