Professor Sir John Charnley has been rightfully hailed as a visionary innovator for
conceiving, designing, and validating the Operation of the Century—the total hip …

Surgical fusion of lumbar motion segments has been widely accepted as a treatment option
for degenerative low back pain in patients who fail to respond to conservative therapy (see …

The Spine-a volume in the new Arthritis and Arthroplasty series-offers expert guidance on
everything from patient selection and pre-operative planning to surgical approaches and …

This book is the first volume in the World Clinics: Orthopedics series, providing orthopaedic
surgeons with the most recent advances and controversies in joint replacement. Presented …

Background The coexistence of degenerative hip disease and spinal pathology is not
uncommon with the number of surgical treatments performed for each condition increasing …

Joint replacement is a logical step in the treatment of severe joint pathologies with
irreversible lesions resisting conservative therapy. While hip arthrodesis brought relief to …

Spinal fusion surgery is performed all over the world to help patients with cervical and
thoracolumbar pathology. As outcomes continue to improve in patients with spine-related …

Dr. Heckman, thank you for your more-thangenerous introduction. I would like to thank the
fellows of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons for giving me the opportunity to …

This new edition has been fully revised to provide spine surgeons with the latest advances
in their field. Beginning with an overview of surgical anatomy of the spine, the following …