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Chapter 1 Surgeries Involving C1 and C2 a. Posterior C1-2 instrumentation and fusion techniques b. Occipito-cervical fusion c. Far lateral transcondylar approaches d. Trans-oral approaches to C1-2 e. Chiari decompression Chapter 2 Sub-Axial Cervical Procedures a. Approaches to high cervical pathologies- anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (C3-4) b. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion c. Posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion d. Anterior and posterior cervical spine surgery (360 degrees) e. Anterior approaches to low cervical spine pathologies- cervico-thoracic junction f. Cervical spine deformity correction surgeries- corpectomies, osteotomies Chapter 3-Scoliosis Correction Chapter 4-Thoracic Spine Surgery a. Thoracic microdiscectomy b. Thoracic corpectomies- trans-thoracic, thoraco-abdominal and extra-cavitary approaches c. Kyphoplasty Chapter 5-Lumbar Spine Surgery a. Lumbar microdiscectomy b. Lumbar laminectomy c. Lumbar fusion techniques- TLIF, PLIF, LLIF, ALIF d. Deformity corrections in the lumbar spine e. Lumbar corpectomies- retroperitoneal approach Chapter 6-Minimally Invasive Approaches a. Posterior cervical lamino-foraminotomy b. Anterior cervical foraminotomy c. MIS spinal fusion techniques- TLIF and LLIF d. MIS microdiscectomy and laminectomy e. MIS deformity corrections including corpectomy Chapter 7-Tumors of the Spine a. Primary spine tumors b. Extradural extramedullary tumors c. intradural extramedullary tumors d. Intradural intramedullary tumors a. Metastatic spine tumors: surgical decision
