Dr. Robert F. Heary is the Director of the Montclair Spine Center located in Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, New Jersey. He is one of the premier physicians providing comprehensive spine care including a full range of conservative and surgical interventions for a wide range of spinal disorders. He is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in Nutley, New Jersey. Dr. Heary is on the editorial boards of Neurosurgery; Brain Disease Mechanisms-Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience; Clinical Spine Surgery; Spinal Deformity; Neural Regeneration Research; World Neurosurgery; and the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine. He was previously on the editorial board of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine for eight years serving as the chair of the Editorial Board in his final year. He is an active member of many scientific societies. Dr. Heary has served as a director-at-large and the Vice President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). He also served as the Chair of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine & Peripheral Nerves, the President of the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), and the President of the Lumbar Spine Research Society. Dr. Heary has been widely recognized for his skill, knowledge, expertise, and leadership abilities with his appointment to the highest positions in neurosurgery and spine surgery over the past two decades.

"With well-drawn figures and clear intraoperative photos, readers are provided with a well-written guide to the steps involved in the surgery needed to treat spine hardware failure." -©Doody’s Review Service, 2021, Zayed A. Almadidy, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)

• 1. Anatomy and Physiology/Biology of Bone2. The Role of Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases in Revision Spine Surgery3. Medical Fitness Evaluation4. Indications5. Imaging Considerations (Magnetic Resonance, Computed Tomography, Myelography, Plain)6. Dural Scarring and Repair Issues7. Decompression8. Disc Herniation (Primary, Recurrent, Residual)9. Instrumentation Options10. Autograft/Allograft/Cage/Bone Morphogenetic Protein11. Minimally Invasive Surgery and Navigation12. Anterior Lumbar Fusion13. Revision Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion14. Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion15. Anterior-Posterior Surgeries16. Unilateral Versus Bilateral Strut Placement in Revision Spine Surgery17. Robotics for Revision Spine Surgery18. Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy19. Vertebral Column Resection20. Revision Lumbar Deformity Surgery21. Postoperative Considerations22. Adjacent Segment Disease After Fusion23. Pseudarthrosis/Nonunion24. Iatrogenic Spinal Instability: Causes, Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention25. Advances in Spinal Cord Stimulation