Imaging in Spine Surgery

Jeffrey S. Ross, MD is a Consultant for the Neuroradiology Division of the Department of Radiology at the Mayo Clinic Arizona, and Professor of Radiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, in Phoenix, AZ

SECTION 1: NORMAL ANATOMY AND TECHNIQUES

Normal Anatomy Overview Craniovertebral Junction Cervical Spine Thoracic Spine Lumbar Spine Measurement Techniques Normal Postoperative Change: Disc Space Normal Postoperative Change: Epidural Space Metal Artifact

SECTION 2: DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTATION

Devices and Instrumentation Overview Plates and Screws Cages Subaxial Posterior Instrumentation Transpedicular Screw Fixation Cervical Artificial Disc Lumbar Artificial Disc Interspinous Spacing Devices Scoliosis and Devices Instrumentation Pumps and Catheters

SECTION 3: CONGENITAL AND GENETIC DISORDERS

BONY VARIATIONS C2-C3 Fusion C1 Assimilation Ponticulus Posticus Ossiculum Terminale Paracondylar Process Condylus Tertius Posterior Arch Rachischisis Split Atlas

DIAGNOSES

Odontoid Hypoplasia/Aplasia C1 Dysmorphism/Hypoplastic Arch Chiari 1 Complex Chiari Chiari 2 Chiari 3 Myelomeningocele Lipomyelomeningocele Lipoma Dorsal Dermal Sinus Simple Coccygeal Dimple Dermoid Cysts Epidermoid Cysts Tethered Spinal Cord Segmental Spinal Dysgenesis Caudal Regression Syndrome Terminal Myelocystocele Anterior Sacral Meningocele Occult Intrasacral Meningocele Sacrococcygeal Teratoma Klippel-Feil Spectrum Failure of Vertebral Formation Vertebral Segmentation Failure Diastematomyelia Neurenteric Cyst Os Odontoideum Lateral Meningocele

GENETIC

Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Neurofibromatosis Type 2 Down Syndrome Mucopolysaccharidoses Achondroplasia Osteogenesis Imperfecta Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia

SECTION 4: DISORDERS OF ALIGNMENT

Introduction to Scoliosis Scoliosis Kyphosis Degenerative Scoliosis Scoliosis Instrumentation Spondylolisthesis Instability

SECTION 5: TRAUMA

VERTEBRAL COLUMN, DISCS Fracture Classification Atlantooccipital Dislocation Ligamentous Injury Occipital Condyle Fracture Jefferson C1 Fracture Atlantoaxial Rotatory Fixation Odontoid C2 Fracture Burst C2 Fracture Hangman's C2 Fracture Apophyseal Ring Fracture Cervical Hyperflexion Injury Cervical Hyperextension Injury Cervical Burst Fracture Traumatic Disc Herniation Thoracic and Lumbar Burst Fracture Fracture Dislocation Chance Fracture Anterior Compression Fracture Sacral Insufficiency Fracture

CORD, DURA, AND VESSELS

Posttraumatic Syrinx Presyrinx Edema Spinal Cord Contusion-Hematoma Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation Traumatic Epidural Hematoma Traumatic Subdural Hematoma

SECTION 6: DEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND ARTHRITIDES

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE

Nomenclature of Degenerative Disc Disease Degenerative Disc Disease Degenerative Endplate Changes Disc Bulge Anular Fissure, Intervertebral Disc Cervical Intervertebral Disc Herniation Thoracic Intervertebral Disc Herniation Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation Intervertebral Disc Extrusion, Foraminal Cervical Facet Arthropathy Lumbar Facet Arthropathy Facet Joint Synovial Cyst Baastrup Disease Bertolotti Syndrome Schmorl Node Scheuermann Di...