Provides representative cases that help you to determine the optimal surgical interventions for your patients. This title addresses the trend towards a more collaborative approach between spine and orthopaedic surgery.

1 Cervical Disc Herniation: Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Versus Arthroplasty 2 Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Bone-Grafting Options 3 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Anterior Versus Posterior Approach 4 Minimally Invasive Approaches to Thoracic Disc Herniations 5 Lumbar Disc Herniation with Mild Neurological Deficit: Microdiscectomy Versus Conservative Treatment 6 Cervical Spondylosis-Spinal Stenosis: Laminoplasty Versus Laminectomy and Fusion 7 Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease: Fusion Versus Artificial Disc 8 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis with Radicular Pain: Decompression Only Versus Decompression and Fusion 9 Asymptomatic Intradural Schwannoma: Surgery Versus Radiosurgery Versus Observation 10 Pseudotumor: Transoral Versus Posterior Fusion 11 Odontoid Fracture in the Elderly: Odontoid Screws Versus Posterior Fusion 12 C1-C2 Fusion: Transarticular Screws Versus Harms/Melcher Procedure 13 Multilevel Cervical Corpectomy: Anterior-Only Versus Circumferential Instrumentation 14 Cervical Jumped Facets and Incomplete Neurological Deficit: Closed-Reduction Versus Urgent Surgery 15 Laminectomy Across Cervicothoracic Junction: Fusion Versus Nonfusion 16 Vertebral Metastases: Ventral and Dorsal Approach Versus Lateral Extracavitary Transpedicular Approach 17 Degenerative Scoliosis: Anterior and Posterior Fusion Versus Posterior Fusion 18 Sagittal Imbalance: Multiple Smith-Peterson Osteotomies Versus Pedicle Substraction Osteotomies 19 L1-S1 Fusion: When to Extend to T12 and Pelvis and When to Include L5-S1 Anterior Grafting 20 High-Grade Spondylolisthesis: Reduction and Fusion Versus In Situ Fusion