Contributors Preface I INTRODUCTION William C. Welch) George B. Jacobs, Roger P. Jackson 2 SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE SPINE Thomas}. Lovely 3 PATIENT HISTORY AND NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION Joseph V. McDonald, William C. Welch 4 PERIOPERATIVE DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING STUDIES Gordon R. Bell PREOPERATIVE AND INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC RECORDINGS Aage R. Miller 6 ANESTHESIA FOR SPINAL SURGERY Irene P. Osborn SPINAL MECHANICS. SPINAL INSTABILITY, AND INDICATIONS FOR OPERATIVE INTERVENTION Gregory]. Przbylsk@ William C. Welch, George B. Jacobs 8 ANTERIOR APPROACHES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE Patrick A. Roth, William C. Welch SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY, Part 1: Technique and Results ofLaminectomy Joseph A. Epstein, Nancy E. Epstein SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC MYELOPATHY, Part 2: Posterior Cervical Fixation Michael D. Smith ANTERIOR EXPOSURES OF THE CERVICOTHORACIC, THORACIC, AND THORACOLUMBAR SPINE Gregory P. GrazianOy Stephen M. Bell ANTERIOR APPROACHES AND FUSION TECHNIQUES OF THE LUMBAR SPINE Robert}. Goitz) William C. Lauerman 13 LUMBAR SPINE FUSION Lumbar Disc Excision for Radiculopathy Thomas}. Lovely, William C. Welch) A. John Poppy John B. Waldman Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion Without Instrumentation James D. Kang Posterior Instrumentation of the Lumbar Spine William P. Donaldson III 14 SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SCOLIOSIS Harry L. Shufflebarger 15 ALTERNATIVE TO OPEN LUMBAR DISCECTOMY: ARTHROSCOPIC MICRODISCECTOMY Parviz Kambin 16 IMMEDIATE AND DELAYED POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS Reginald Q@ Knight PREOPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE BACK PAIN MANAGEMENT Steven C. Levin) Brett R. Stacey) Kimberly Cantees 18 CONCLUSION William C. Welch, George B. Jacobs) Roger P. Jackson Index