Surgery of the Thoracic Spine

Part I Introduction
1 Pulmonary and Chest Wall Physiology
2 Biomechanics of the Thoracic Spinal Column
3 Anesthetic Considerations for Surgery of the Thoracic Spine
4 Clinical Presentation of Thoracic Spinal Compression
5 Nonoperative Neurological Diseases of the Thoracic Spinal Cord

Part II Deformity
6 Surgical Management of Congenital Scoliosis
7 Neuromuscular Scoliosis
8 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
9 Scheuermann's Kyphosis
10 Proximal Junctional Deformity
11 Posttraumatic Deformity

Part III Degenerative Disease
12 Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
13 Paracentral Disc Herniations of the Thoracic Spine
14 Midline Disc Herniations of the Thoracic Spine
15 Spondyloarthropathies.

Part IV Infection
16 Epidural and Soft-Tissue Infections
17 Thoracic Osteomyelitis and Discitis
18 Fungal and Tubercular Infections of the Thoracic Spine

Part V Tumor and Vascular
19 Primary Tumors of the Thoracic Spinal Column
20 Metastatic Disease of the Thoracic Spinal Column
21 Intradural Extramedullary Tumors
22 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
23 Surgical Management of Thoracic Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations

Part VI Trauma
24 Classifications of Thoracic Spinal Fractures
25 Complete and Incomplete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injuries
26 Posterior Approaches for Thoracic Spine Fractures
27 Ventral Approaches to the Thoracic Spine for Trauma
28 Osteoporotic Compression Fractures

Part VII Further Topics
29 Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation
30 Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Thoracic Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery
31 Neuronavigation for Complex Thoracic Spine Surgery