The Cervical Spine -- Contents -- SECTION I Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomechanics -- Anatomy of the Cervical Spine -- Developmental Anatomy of the Normal Cervical Spine -- Functional Anatomy of Joints, Ligaments, and Discs -- Cervical Spine Kinematics and Clinical Instability -- Mechanisms of Injury in the Cervical Spine: Basic Concepts, Biomechanical Modeling, Experimental Evidence, and Clinical Applications -- Biomechanics of Nonacute Cervical Spine Trauma -- Cervical Orthoses and Cranioskeletal Traction -- Pain Mechanisms: Relevant Anatomy, Pathogenesis, and Clinical Implications -- Pharmacologic and Psychological Treatment of Chronic Pain -- SECTION II Neurologic and Functional Evaluation -- Evaluation of Patients with Cervical Spine Lesions -- Neurologic Evaluation of the Cervical Spine -- Anatomic Localization -- Neurologic Examination: Grading Scales -- Cervical Radiculopathy: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis -- Myelopathy: Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis -- Diagnosis of Cervical Spine Disorders: Neurophysiologic Tests -- Multimodal Intraoperative Monitoring During Cervical Spine Surgery -- Neurophysiologic Monitoring During Cervical Spine Surgery -- The Wake-up Test -- Nonparalytic Anesthesia and Real-Time Monitoring -- Diagnostic Blocks -- Diagnostic Cervical Disc Injection -- Outcome Assessment Tools in Cervical Spine Surgery -- SECTION III Radiographic Evaluation -- Plain Radiographic Evaluation of Cervical Spine Injury -- Computed Tomography and Myelography of the Cervical Spine -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord -- Nuclear Medical Evaluation of the Cervical Spine -- Angiography of the Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord -- Clearing the Cervical Spine in Trauma Patients -- SECTION IV Pediatric Conditions -- The Use of Cervical Orthoses, Halo Devices, and Traction in Children.

Evaluation of the Cervical Spine in Children -- Congenital Malformations of the Base of the Skull, Atlas, and Dens -- Treatment of Cervical Spine Instability in the Pediatric Patient -- KlippelFeil Syndrome -- The Cervical Spine in Skeletal Dysplasia -- Miscellaneous Conditions of the Cervical Spine -- Cervical Spine Injuries in Children -- Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury -- Discitis, Osteomyelitis, and Intervertebral Disc Calcification in Children -- Torticollis in Children -- SECTION V Trauma: Fractures and Dislocations -- Soft Tissue Neck Injuries -- Cervical Spine Injuries in Athletes -- Injuries to the Atlantooccipital Articulation -- Transverse Ligament Injury -- Dens Fractures -- Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis: "Hangman's Fracture" -- Classification of Lower Cervical Spine Injuries -- Flexion Injuries -- Extension Injuries -- Subaxial Cervical Spine Burst Fractures -- Cervical Instrumentation for Traumatic Injuries -- SECTION VI Spinal Cord Injury -- Acute Spinal Cord Injuries -- Acute Injuries to the Spine and Spinal Cord: Evaluation and Early Treatment -- Medical Rehabilitation of Patients After Spinal Cord Injury -- Nontraumatic Syringomyelia -- Posttraumatic Syringomyelia -- Spinal Cord and Nerve Regeneration -- SECTION VII Tumors and Spinal Infection -- Intradural Intramedullary and Extramedullary Tumors -- Cervical Spine Metastases -- Benign Tumors of the Cervical Spine -- Primary Malignant Tumors of the Cervical Spine -- Cervical Spinal Infections -- Syringomyelia -- SECTION VIII Inflammatory Conditions -- Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Cervical Spine -- Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Subaxial Cervical Involvement in Rheumatoid Arthritis -- Ankylosing Spondylitis -- SECTION IX Degenerative Diseases -- Cervical Degenerative Disease: Overview and Epidemiology -- Pain and Neurologic Dysfunction.

Molecular Biology: Applications to the Cervical Spine -- Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy and Radiculopathy: Natural History and Clinical Presentation -- Nonoperative Treatment of Radiculopathy and Myelopathy -- Differential Diagnosis of Cervical Radiculopathy and Myelopathy -- Discogenic Neck Pain -- Surgical Management of Cervical Radiculopathy: Anterior Procedures -- Part A Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion -- Part B Posterior Laminoforaminotomy -- Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy -- Part A Laminectomy -- Part B Laminoplasty -- Approach to the Cervical Spine: Anterior versus Posterior Indications -- Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligaments: Prevalence, Presentation, and Natural History -- Surgery for Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament -- Part A Thinning and Anterior Floating -- Part B Posterior Approach -- Spinal Instrumentation in Degenerative Disorders of the Cervical Spine -- Management of Adjacent Segment Disease following a Prior Cervical Fusion -- SECTION X Complications -- Management of Cervical Kyphosis Caused by Surgery, Degenerative Disease, or Trauma -- Complications of Anterior Cervical Plating -- Postoperative Infection -- Complications and Treatment of Occipitocervical Internal Fixation Devices -- Complications of Cervical Spine Pedicle Screw Placement -- Complications Related to the Management of Dens Fractures -- Management of Symptomatic Cervical Pseudarthrosis -- Salvage of Long Strut Graft Failure Following Multilevel Cervical Corpectomy and Arthrodesis -- Cervical Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage, Durotomy, and Pseudomeningocele -- Index.