AOSPINE MASTERS SERIES, VOLUME 5: CERVICAL SPINE TRAUMA

This fifth volume in the AOSpine Masters Series presents a detailed analysis of the essential aspects of managing the most common cervical spine injuries. World-renowned cervical spine experts discuss anatomy, biomechanics, patient evaluation, and critical steps in the decision-making process for the treatment of these complex injuries. Chapters include: Anatomy of the Cervical Spine, Nonoperative Management of Cervical Spine Trauma, and Subaxial Cervical Spine Injuries.

Key Features:

- Each chapter provides historic literature as well as a synthesized analysis of current literature and proposes an evidence-based treatment plan
- Editors are international authorities on the management of cervical spine injuries
- Expert tips and pearls included in every chapter

The AOSpine Masters Series, a copublication of Thieme and AOSpine, a Clinical Division of the AO Foundation, addresses current clinical issues whereby international masters of spine share their expertise and recommendations on a particular topic. The goal of the series is to contribute to an evolving, dynamic model of an evidence-based medicine approach to spine care.

All spine surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons, along with residents and fellows in these areas, will find this book to be an excellent reference that they will consult often in their treatment of patients with cervical spine injuries.

Authors
Luiz Roberto Vialle, MD, PhD
School of Medicine
Catholic University of Parana State
Spine Unit, Cajuru Hospital
Curitiba, Brazil

F. C. Öner, MD
University Medical Center Utrecht
The Netherlands

Alexander R. Vaccaro, MD, PhD
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Rothman Institute at
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Contents
Chapter 1: Anatomy of the Cervical Spine
Chapter 2: Biomechanics of the Cervical Spine: From the Normal State to the Injury State
Chapter 3: Evaluation of an Injured Cervical Spine
Chapter 4: Nonoperative Management of Cervical Spine Trauma
Chapter 5: Occipital Condyle Fractures and Occipito-cervical Dissociation
Chapter 6: Atlas Injuries
Chapter 7: Odontoid fractures, Hangman fractures and C2 Body fractures
Chapter 8: Compression (A Type injuries)
Chapter 9: Subaxial Cervical Spine Injuries: Distraction Injuries (AO Type B)
Chapter 10: Facet and Lateral Mass Fractures
Chapter 11: Cervical Dislocations (C Type Injuries)
Chapter 12: Cervicothoracic Junction Injuries

Chapter 13: Cervical Trauma in Combination with Ankylosing Spondylitis or Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal
Hyperostosis
Chapter 14: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis
Chapter 15: Pediatric Cervical Spine