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DescriptionThis book is a comprehensive guide to the management of complex spine cases. Presented as a series of case studies, it brings together the experiences and knowledge of expert contributing specialists.Divided into five sections – Early Onset Scoliosis, Pediatric Spinal Deformity, Adult Spinal Deformity, Trauma and Tumors, and Cervical Spine – each part explains numerous cases relevant to that topic, describing the challenges, techniques for management, and pitfalls, for each one.Edited by highly experienced US-based spinal surgeons, including Alexander R Vaccaro from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Pennsylvania, this practical reference is further enhanced by more than 500 illustrations.Key FeaturesThis book is a comprehensive guide to the management of complex spine cases.Presented as a series of case studies.Brings together the experiences and knowledge of expert contributing specialists.Divided into five sections – Early Onset Scoliosis, Pediatric Spinal Deformity, Adult Spinal Deformity, Trauma and Tumors, and Cervical Spine.Each part explains numerous cases relevant to that topic, describing the challenges, techniques for management, and pitfalls.This practical reference is further enhanced by more than 500 illustrations.Edited by highly experienced US-based spinal surgeons.Essential reading for spine surgeons, orthopedicians and neurosurgeons.Table of ContentsEOS (Early-Onset Scoliosis)Congenital Scoliosis treated with growing rods and VEPTRTreatment of lumbar congenital scoliosis with bilateral vertical expandable prosthetic titanium rib (VEPTR) in a child with central core diseaseEarly Onset Scoliosis: Treatment with Dual Growing Rods A Case PresentationSevere Scoliosis in Three Young Children Treated with ShillaPatient with progressive congenital kyphoscoliosis treated with the Shilla5 guided-growth technique and vertebral corpectomyPediatric Spinal DeformityCongenital Scoliosis Due to Unilateral Unsegmented Bar and Fused Ribs in Two One-Year Old Boys: Two Approaches with Two Different Results At a Mean 35 Year Follow-UpSevere Kyphoscoliosis of the High Thoracic Spine with Neurofibromatosis treated with Traction and Posterior surgeryA Severe Kyphoscoliosis Deformity treated by Preoperative Halo Gravity Traction, Anterior Release followed by Multilevel Ponte Osteotomies and Posterior InstrumentationGrowing Rods in Neuromuscular Spinal Deformity: Successes and ChallengesStaged Anterior Release and Posterior Instrumentation for Severe Rigid Adolescent Idiopathic ScoliosisThoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 3-dimensional Operative CorrectionCase Presentation Diastematomyelia in Severe Spinal Deformity: Treatment with Vertebral Column ResectionVertebral Column Resection for Severe Scoliosis with Spina BifidaPosterior Two Level Vertebral Column Resection for Severe Spinal DeformityLate Treatment of Severe Progressive Early Onset Kyphoscoliosis with Halo Gravity Traction and Posterior Vertebral Column ResectionTotal Spine Lordosis in Neuromuscular Disease: Rigid Spine SyndromeSevere Deformity from Charcot Spine in a Patient with Spinal Cord InjuryThoracolumbar Deformities in Hurler’s SyndromeHigh Grade Spondylolisthesis treated with TransfixationA Case of High Dysplastic SpondylolisthesisAdult Spinal DeformityAdult Scoliosis treated with Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion – 2 Unlike CasesSevere Scoliosis in an Adult Treated with Posterior Fusion and TLIFSagittal Plane Deformity Correction in an Adult PatientPostoperative Fixed Lumbosacral Deformity with Sagittal ImbalanceSagittal Imbalance Due to Focal Kyphotic Deformity in an Adult: Less Invasive Surgical Treatment with Anterior Column Reconstruction (ACR) A Case PresentationLess Invasive Anterior Longitudinal Ligament Release: Anterior Column Realignment (ACR) for the Treatment of Adjacent Segment Disease with Latrogenic FatbackPosttraumatic Lumbar Kyphotic DeformityComplex Spine Deformity Reconstruction using Posterior Vertebral Column Resection and Extensive Multilevel VertebroplastyMinimally Invasive treatment of Adult ScoliosisTrauma and TumorsFracture-Dislocation with Incomplete Neurologic InjuryPost traumatic Kyphosis treated with Smith Peterson OsteotomiesTraumatic Spinal Injury Treated with Minimally Invasive StabilizationComplex Reconstruction of the Metastatic Spine DiseasePosterior Only Resection and Instrumentation for a TumorCervical SpineAnkylosing Spondylitis in the Cervical Spine Treatment with C7 Pedicle Subtraction OsteotomyTreatment of Malunion Odontoid Type III with Transoral Odontoid Osteotomy and Posterior Atlantoaxial FixationCervical Postlaminectomy Kyphosis, Suprajacent Atlantoaxial Stenosis with Recurrent Myelopathy: Treatment with Combined Posterior and Anterior Osteotomy via Posterior-Anterior-Posterior ApproachFixed Atlantoaxial Dislocation with Cord Compression