Cervical Spine Minimally Invasive and Open Surgery
This book addresses conventional and minimally invasive surgery of the cervical spine to cater for both experts and young surgeons with less experience in this field of surgery. It is written by a group of highly trained specialists from all o
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Cervical Spine Minimally Invasive and Open Surgery
I.S.L.A.S.S.
International Society Laser and Percutaneous Procedures in Spinal Surgery
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Cervical Spine
Pier Paolo Maria Menchetti Editor
Cervical Spine Minimally Invasive and Open Surgery
Editor Pier Paolo Maria Menchetti, MD, FRCS Spine Center Rome American Hospital Rome Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-21607-2 ISBN 978-3-319-21608-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21608-9
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Preface
Arthrosis of the discs in the cervical spine negatively affects daily activities in the adult population. In light of the growing incidence of this pathology, we believed that offering an overview of surgical approaches to cervical spine treatment might help the medical community to adopt the most appropriate solution to this pathology. A book on the state of the art of cervical spine surgery, both conventional and minimally invasive, may be of interest to surgeons (both expert and young) as well as clinicians with little or no experience of this field of surgery. Owing to contributions from various highly trained specialists from all over the world, this book aims to provide the reader with essential knowledge of the most advanced surgical cervical spine techniques and their applications. I believed that it was also important to present a chapter about new anesthesiology methods applied in the minimally invasive field, as general anesthesia is usually not required; in fact mild sedation allows one to safely operate on patients with chronic cardiopulmonary diseases or compromised general conditions. Most of the chapters concern the osteodiscoarthritis pathology, which is mainly responsible for ch
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