Max Aebi
Vincent Arlet
John K Webb

Volume 1—key content
Principles and Techniques

• Biomechanics of the spine
• Biology of the spine
• Surgical anatomy of the spine
   - Cervical, thoracic, thoracolumbar, and
     lumbosacral spine
• Spinal instrumentation
   - Modularity of spinal instruments (systems)
   - Instrumentation for the different areas of the
     cervical spine
   - Stabilization and reconstruction techniques for
     the thoracolumbar spine (fractures, tumors,
     degenerative)
   - Universal spinal instrumentation for deformity
   - Concept of MISS/LISS
   - Bone harvesting tool
   - Vertebroplasty
   - Fixation technology in osteoporosis
   - Disc arthroplasty in the cervical and lumbar spine
• Computer-assisted surgery
• Anesthesia for spine surgery
• Glossary
• Index

Volume 2—key content
Clinical Applications

• Spinal trauma
   - Classification of injuries
   - Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral trauma
     Spinal tumors
• Infections of the spine
• Inflammatory processes
• Deformities of the spine
   - Idiopathic and congenital scoliosis
   - Kyphosis
   - Deformities due to other causes
• Spondylolysis, spondylolisthesis, and spondyloptosis
• Degenerative spinal diseases of the lumbar and
   cervical spine
• Metabolic bone disease of the spineÑosteoporosis
• Complications in spine surgery
   - Management of perioperative spinal cord injury,
     incidental durotomies and CSF leaks, early and
     late infections
   - Pseudarthrosis, crankshaft phenomenon, early and
     late implant revision, complications in lumbar disc
     arthroplasty
• Documentation, evaluation, and outcome

Published 2007
1500 pages
3000 illustrations
DVD-ROM with videos included

The americas
ISBN 987-1-58890-557-4 (TPN)
(2-volume set)

Rest of World
ISBN 978-3-13-144481-3 (TPS)
(2-volume set)

€ 499.95