Part I Introduction 1 Pulmonary and Chest Wall Physiology 2 Biomechanics of the Thoracic Spinal Column 3 Anesthetic Considerations for Surgery of the Thoracic Spine 4 Clinical Presentation of Thoracic Spinal Compression 5 Nonoperative Neurological Diseases of the Thoracic Spinal Cord
Part II Deformity 6 Surgical Management of Congenital Scoliosis 7 Neuromuscular Scoliosis 8 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis 9 Scheuermann's Kyphosis 10 Proximal Junctional Deformity 11 Posttraumatic Deformity
Part III Degenerative Disease 12 Thoracic Spinal Stenosis 13 Paracentral Disc Herniations of the Thoracic Spine 14 Midline Disc Herniations of the Thoracic Spine 15 Spondyloarthropathies.
Part IV Infection 16 Epidural and Soft-Tissue Infections 17 Thoracic Osteomyelitis and Discitis 18 Fungal and Tubercular Infections of the Thoracic Spine
Part V Tumor and Vascular 19 Primary Tumors of the Thoracic Spinal Column 20 Metastatic Disease of the Thoracic Spinal Column 21 Intradural Extramedullary Tumors 22 Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors 23 Surgical Management of Thoracic Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations
Part VI Trauma 24 Classifications of Thoracic Spinal Fractures 25 Complete and Incomplete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injuries 26 Posterior Approaches for Thoracic Spine Fractures 27 Ventral Approaches to the Thoracic Spine for Trauma 28 Osteoporotic Compression Fractures
Part VII Further Topics 29 Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation 30 Intraoperative Neuromonitoring During Thoracic Spine and Spinal Cord Surgery 31 Neuronavigation for Complex Thoracic Spine Surgery