Awake Spine Surgery

A masterful guide on awake spine surgery and minimizing patient anesthesia burdens_x000d_
Spine surgery is an inherently evolving subspeciality with an ever increasing understanding of the pathology, biomechanics, and natural history of spine disease. Concurrently, technological innovations have been introduced that enable better and safer patient outcomes. At the forefront is awake spine surgery, a groundbreaking approach that is about more than avoiding general anesthesia—it stems from the philosophy of minimizing the surgeon "footprint" on patients. Awake Spine Surgery edited by pioneering surgeons Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr, Alok Sharan, Kingsley Abode-Iyamah, Bhavuk Garg, and Ernest E. Braxton Jr. details this innovative and emerging area of spine surgery._x000d_
The book is organized into three parts and 22 chapters covering preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative considerations. The text lays a solid foundation, detailing patient selection criteria and contraindications and a full spectrum of ultrasound-guided blocks, from erector spinae to abdominal wall. The multidimensional aspects of awake spine surgery are reflected in topics ranging from global lessons learned from Covid and outpatient awake surgery program development—to long-acting nerve blocks and postoperative delirium._x000d_
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