Robert Heary - Cervical Trauma: Surgical Management

The completion of Cervical Trauma: Surgical Management would not have been possible without the continuing support of my amazing children (Declan, Maren, and Conor), and I would like to thank them for understanding all the hours spent putting this book together. In addition, I greatly appreciate the support, energy, and efforts of my administrative support team of Yesenia Sanchez and Roxanne Nagurka. Lastly, Raghav Gupta is a third-year medical student who will be applying to, and matching with, a neurosurgical residency training program next year; his work in assisting with all aspects of this books preparation are appreciated and will never be forgotten.

Ilyas Aleem, Samuel Rosenbaum, and Bradford L. Currier

Ryan Solinsky and Steven Kirshblum

Assem A. Sultan and Edward C. Benzel

Justin Iorio and Todd J. Albert

Robert F. Heary, Raghav Gupta, and Sanford E. Emery

Derrick Sun and Paul A. Anderson

Megan M. Jack, Domenico A. Gattozzi, and Paul M. Arnold

Alexander D. Ghasem, Frank J. Eismont, Evan J. Trapana, and Joseph P. Gjolaj

Darnell T. Josiah and Daniel K. Resnick

Fadi B. Sweiss, Michaela Lee, and Michael K. Rosner

Catherine A. Mazzola and Nicole Silva

Scott C. Wagner and Alan S. Hilibrand

Rahul Goel, Hanna Sandhu, I. David Kaye, Hamadi Murphy, Mayan Lendner, and Alexander R. Vaccaro

Amandeep Bhalla and Christopher M. Bono

A. Karim Ahmed, Randall J. Hlubek, and Nicholas Theodore

Christine Hammer and James S. Harrop

Colin T. Dunn, Kelley E. Banagan, and Steven C. Ludwig

Joseph D. Smucker and Rick C. Sasso

Robert F. Heary and Raghav Gupta

Tyler Atkins and Domagoj Coric

Neil Majmundar, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Michael Nosko, Anil Nanda, Sudipta Roychowdhury, and Gaurav Gupta

Arash J. Sayari, Ankur S. Narain, Fady Y. Hijji, Krishna T. Kudaravalli, Kelly H. Yom, and Kern Singh

Jacob Hoffman and Mark L. Prasarn

George M. Ghobrial and Allan D. Levi

Jetan H. Badhiwala and Michael G. Fehlings

Swetha J. Sundar and Michael P. Steinmetz

A. Karim Ahmed, BS

MD Candidate

Department of Neurosurgery

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Todd J. Albert, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director

Korein-Wilson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Hospital for Special Surgery

Chairman Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, New York

Fawaz Al-Mufti, MD

Associate Professor of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Radiology

Division of Neuroendovascular Surgery and Neurocritical Care

Westchester Medical Center at New York Medical College

Valhalla, New York

Ilyas Aleem, MD, MS, FRCSC

Assistant Professor

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Paul A. Anderson, MD

Professor

Department of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation

University of Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Paul M. Arnold, MD

Professor of Neurosurgery

Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Carle Foundation Hospital

Urbana, Illinois

Tyler Atkins, MD

Resident

Department of Neurosurgery

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, North Carolina

Jetan H. Badhiwala, MD

Resident

Department of Surgery

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kelley E. Banagan, MD

Assistant Professor

Assistant Residency Director

Department of Orthopaedics

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Edward C. Benzel, MD

Emeritus Chairman of Neurosurgery

Neurological Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Amandeep Bhalla, MD

Director of Spine Trauma

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Carson, California

Christopher M. Bono, MD

Professor, Executive Vice Chair

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Domagoj Coric, MD

Chief, Department of Neurosurgery

Carolinas Medical Center

Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates

Charlotte, North Carolina

Bradford L. Currier, MD

Professor

Departments of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery

Director, Spine Fellowship Program

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Colin T. Dunn, BA

Medical Student

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, Ohio

Frank J. Eismont, MD

Leonard M Miller Professor and Chairman

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, Florida

Sanford E. Emery, MD, MBA

Professor and Chair

Department of Orthopaedics

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

Michael G. Fehlings, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FACS

Professor & Vice Chair Research

Department of Surgery

University of Toronto

Head

Spinal Program

Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Domenico A. Gattozzi, MD

Resident

Department of Neurosurgery

University of Kansas Medical Center

Kansas City, Kansas

Alexander D. Ghasem, MD

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital

Miami, Florida

George M. Ghobrial, MD

Staff Neurosurgeon

Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center

Winston Salem, North Carolina

Joseph P. Gjolaj, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor

Department of Orthopaedics

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Miami, Florida

Rahul Goel, MD

Resident

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

Gaurav Gupta, MD, FAANS

Assistant Professor

Department of Neurosurgery

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Raghav Gupta, BS

Medical Student

New Jersey Medical School

Rutgers University

Newark, New Jersey

Christine Hammer, MD

Resident

Department of Neurosurgery

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

James S. Harrop, MD, FACS

Professor, Departments of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery

Director, Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery

Neurosurgery Director of Delaware Valley SCI Center

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robert F. Heary, MD

Director

Spine Center of New Jersey

Professor of Neurological Surgery

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

Fady Y. HIjji, MD

Resident

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Wright State University

Dayton, Ohio

Alan S. Hilibrand, MD, MBA

Joseph and Marie Field Professor of Spinal Surgery

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery