Mastering Pediatric Spinal Deformity

This practical, user-friendly guide is designed for neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons with an interest in pediatric spinal deformity. While multiple definitive, high-density textbooks exist in this field, this book is formatted as a concise, tactical resource.

Chapters emphasize tangible clinical take-home points, with deeper references provided for further exploration. The text assumes a working knowledge of spine surgery fundamentals and serves as a practical guide to treating children with spinal pathologies. It highlights unique considerations in pediatric spine surgery, technical nuances, pathology, technology and systems-based care. Chapters are primarily bulleted to deliver quick, high-yield information on preoperative, operative and postoperative considerations, as well as potential complications-supported by ample radiography and intraoperative photographs.

The book concludes with a Masters' Series, in which leading experts provide step-by-step explanations of their approaches to both typical and complex cases.

Part I. Unique Considerations in the Evaluation and Treatment of Growing Children with Spine Disorders. -
Organizing Your Thoughts on Pediatric Spinal Deformity. - Measuring the Films: An Overview. - Mehta Casting in Infantile Scoliosis. - How and When to Use Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods. - How and When to Use Traditional Growing Rods. - Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR). - How and When to Use a Growth Guidance Surgery (Shilla). - How and When to Treat Congenital Scoliosis. - Nuances of Syndromic Scoliosis: Neurofibromatosis Type 1. - Nuances of Syndromic Scoliosis: Connective Tissue Marfan' s, Ehlers-Danlos, and Loeys-Dietz. - Nuances of Neuromuscular Scoliosis. - Special Considerations in SMA Patients. - Neuromuscular Scoliosis: Myelomeningocele Associated Spine Deformity. -
Part II. Technical Nuances: How to Treat Pediatric Patients and How to Perform Pediatric Spine Surgery. -
Nuances of Conservative Treatment of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS): Bracing and Physical Therapy. - Operative Indications and Level Selection in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. - How and When to Perform a Selective Thoracic Fusion for AIS. - How and When to Perform Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering in AIS. - Halo Gravity Traction. - How and When to Place Freehand Pedicle Screws in Pediatric Spinal Deformity. - How and When to Use Hooks, Sublaminar Wires and Other Instrumentation. - How and When to Place Cervical Instrumentation. - How and When to Perform a Posterior Column Osteotomy in a Child. - How and When to Perform a Three-Column Osteotomy in a Child. - Pelvic Instrumentation in the Young/Growing Spine. - Scheuermann s Kyphosis. - High Grade Spondylolisthesis. - Postlaminectomy Kyphosis. - Cervical and Craniocervical Spine Deformity in Children. - Chiari Type-1 Malformation, Syringomyelia, and Scoliosis. - Types of Braces and Bracing Techniques for Pediatric Scoliosis. - Spinal Column Shortening for Tethered Spinal Cord. -
Part III. Technology and Systems-Based Care for Children. -
Pre-Operative Medical Optimization In Pediatric Spinal Deformity Patients. - Anesthetic Considerations in Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery. - Enabling Technologies in Pediatric Spine Surgery. - Building a High-Performance Team for Complex Pediatric Spine Surgery: A Comprehensive Approach. - Postoperative Care on the ICU and Floor for Pediatric Spine Patients. - Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for Pediatric Spinal Deformity. - Considerations for Pediatric Patients after Spinal Deformity Surgery. - When Kids Grow Up: Adult Idiopathic Scoliosis. - Long-term Sagittal Alignment in Children and Young Adults. - The Economics of Pediatric Spinal Deformity. - Modalities of Neuromonitoring in Pediatric Spinal Deformity Surgery. - Managing Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Changes in the Stable Spine. - Intraoperative Neuromonitoring changes in High-Risk Spine Surgery. - Cases with Unreliable Neuromonitoring Data. -
Part IV. How the Masters Do It. -
How Do the Masters Do it? A Step-By-Step Guide for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Lenke 1A. - How Do the Masters Do it? A Step-By-Step Guide for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Lenke 5C. - How Do the Masters Do it? A Step-By-Step Guide for Vertebral Column Resection. - How Do the Masters Do it? A Step-By-Step Guide for Early Onset Scoliosis. - How Do the Masters Do it? A Step-By-Step Guide for High Grade Spondylolisthesis.