The Spine Surgeon's Guide: A Comprehensive Reference Textbook Covering Spine Conditions, Surgical Decision- Making, Operative Techniques, Complication - Paperback

by Adam C. Holmes (Author)

You're About to Go Into the OR. Are You Ready?

Most spine surgery references tell you the anatomy. This one puts you at the table. *The Spine Surgeon's Guide* follows every procedure the way a surgeon actually experiences it - decision by decision, instrument by instrument, from the first incision to closure - written for surgeons, residents, and patients who want to understand what is really happening.

What You Get Inside

- Step-by-step operative technique for every major spine procedure, written in the surgeon's voice

- The clinical reasoning behind every decision - not just what to do, but why

- Complications explained with their mechanisms, warning signs, and exact management

- Evidence from landmark trials: SPORT, SLIP, STASCIS, and more - interpreted, not just cited

- Plain-language patient guides at the end of every chapter, written for the person on the table

- Classification systems, imaging interpretation, neuromonitoring, and surgical decision frameworks all in one place

Built for Three Readers at Once

• The resident who needs to know what the nerve root looks like before their first microdiscectomy.
• The surgeon who wants a reference that respects their intelligence.
• The patient who deserves to know exactly what is about to happen to their spine.

One book. All three, served.

Covers Everything That Matters

Cervical disc herniation - Myelopathy - Cervical trauma - Thoracic disc surgery - Thoracolumbar fractures - Lumbar stenosis - Disc herniation - Spondylolisthesis - TLIF - ALIF - LLIF - OLIF - Revision surgery - Pseudarthrosis - Adjacent segment disease

Get the book that makes the unknown known.

Whether you are preparing to operate or preparing to be operated on, this is the reference that changes how you walk into that room.