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Surgery of the Pediatric Spine

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Daniel H. Kim , MD, F.A.C.S. 
Professor and Director; Spinal Neurosurgery and Reconstructive Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA (Editor)

Randal Betz , MD 
Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Editor)

Stephen L Huhn , MD 
Associate Professor and Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA (Editor)

Peter O. Newton , MD 
Chairman, Orthopedic Surgery Department, Rady Children's Hospital and Health Center; Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California - San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA (Editor)

Bruce A. Kaufman , MD 
Professor and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (Contributor)

Sean Lew , MD 
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA (Contributor)

Narayan Yogananda , PhD 
Professor & Chairman of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, MI, USA (Contributor)

Patrick Barnes , MD 
Stanford University Medical Center, Dept. of Radiology-Diagnostic Radiology, Stanford, CA (Contributor)

Andy Herlich , DMD, MD 
Director of Head and Neck Anesthesia, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

Vedran Deletis , MD, PhD 
Director, Intraoperatice Neurophysiology, Saint Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY, USA (Contributor)

Francesco Sala , MD 
Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Neurosurgery, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy (Contributor)

Frederick A. Boop , MD 
Chief, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Semes- Murphy Clinic, University of Tennessee Medical School, Memphis, TN 38104 (Contributor)

Sigurd H Berven , MD 
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Contributor)

Arnold H. Menezes , MD 
Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA (Contributor)

W. Jerry Oakes , MD 
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and Chief, Dept. of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Childrens Hospital, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA (Contributor)

Keith E. Aronyk , MD 
Associate Professor (Neurosurgery), Pediatric Neurosurgeon, University of Alberta department of surgery, Edmonton, Canada (Contributor)

Alexander R. Vaccaro , MD 
Professor of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Contributor)

Timothy M George , MD 
Dell Childrens' Medical Center of Texas, Austin, TX (Contributor)

Hubert Labelle , MD 
Hospital Sainte-Justine Ortho Dept, Montreal, QC, Canada (Contributor)

George I. Jallo , MD 
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD (Contributor)

Alexander Arkader , MD 
Children's Orthopaedic Center; Children's Hospital Los Angeles; Keck School of Medicine; USC; Los Angeles, CA (Contributor)

John P Dormans , MD 
Orthopaedic Surgeon/Spine Surgeon, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

R. Michael Scott , MD 
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (Contributor)

Gary K. Steinberg , MD, PhD 
Lacroute-Hearst Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (Contributor)

Po-Quang Chen , MD, PhD 
Professor and Chief of Spinal Surgery, Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (Contributor)

James T. Guille , MD 
Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (Contributor)

Linda Park D'Andrea , MD 
Staff Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

Rick Abbott , MD 
Department of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Medical Center, 170 E. End Avenue, New York, NY 10128-7603 (Contributor)

John C. Y. Leong , MD 
Orthopaedist, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Hong Kong. Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China (Contributor)

Scott L. Simon , MD 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

Jeffrey Russell Leonard , MD 
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA (Contributor)

David Limbrick , MD 
Resident, Neurological Surgery, St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA (Contributor)

David H. Clements , MD 
Director, Spine Surgery, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA (Contributor)

Darryl Antonacci , MD 
Dept. of Orthopaedics, Somerset Medical Center (Contributor)

Daniel John Hedequist , MD 
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, 02115, USA (Contributor)

John F. Sarwark , MD 
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL; Nothwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Contributor)

Regis W. Haid Jr. , MD 
Atlanta Brain & Spine Care, Atlanta, GA, USA (Contributor)

Lawrence G Lenke , MD 
The Jerome J. Gilden Professor of Orthopaedic SurgeryWashington University Medical Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, MO (Contributor)

Devanand A. Dominique , MD 
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia PA (Contributor)

Thomas G. Lowe , MD 
Orthopaedic Surgeon, Woodridge Clinic; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO (Contributor)

Yasuhiro Shono , MD, PhD 
Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kushiro Rosai Hospital, Kushiro-shi, Hokkaido, Japan (Contributor)

Kiyoshi Kaneda , MD, PhD 
Director General (Emeritus), Bibai Rosai Hospital, The Center for Spinal Disorders and Injuries, Biabi-City, Hokkaido, Japan (Contributor)

Behrooz A. Akbarnia , MD 
University of California, San Diego, CA; San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders La Jolla, CA (Contributor)

Dan Sucato , MD 
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, Dallas, TX (Contributor)

Andrew G. S. King , MD 
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgey, Louisiana State University Medical Center (Contributor)

Mary Jane Mulcahey 
Director of Rehab Services, Shriners Hospital for Children, Philadelphia PA (Contributor)

Joon Y. Lee , MD 
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pittsburgh (Contributor)

Mark Proctor , MD 
Pediatric Neurosurgeon, Children's Hospital (Contributor)

Julie C. Leonard , MD, M.P.H., F.A.A.P. 
Instructor in Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis Children's Hospital (Contributor)

Marion L. Walker , MD 
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Utah/Primary Children's Medical Center (Contributor)

Cormac Maher , MD 
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan (Contributor)

John B. Emans 
Director, Division of Spinal Surgery; Attending Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Children's Orthopaedic Surgical Foundation (Contributor)

Paul D. Sponseller , MD, M.B.A. 
Professor and Chief of Pediatric Orthopaedics; Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (Contributor)

Isador H. Lieberman , MD, M.B.A., F.R.C.S.© 
Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute (Contributor)

Chak-Bor Wong , MD 
Attending Spine Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital No. 5, Fu-Hsing St., Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan (Contributor)

Hoang N. Le , MD 
Neurosurgeon, Southwest Washington Medical Center (Contributor)

Robert M. Campbell , Jr., MD 
The President's Council/Dielmann Chair in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery, Dept. of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (Contributor)

Tyler R. Koski , MD 
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University Medical School (Contributor)

John T. Smith , MD 
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Utah, Primary Children's Medical Center (Contributor)

Randal R. Betz , MD 
Chief of Staff, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Philadelphia (Contributor)

Kevin P. McCarthy , MD 
Adult and Pediatric Spine; Bone and Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge; Baton Rouge, LA (Contributor)

John M. Flynn , MD 
Associate Chief of Orthopaedics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Contributor)

Fernando E. Silva , MD 
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA (Contributor)

Keith H. Bridwell , MD 
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis (Contributor)

David M. Wallach , MD 
Stony Brook University, Department of Orthopaedics, HSC T-18 Room 047 (Contributor)

Richard C.E. Anderson , MD 
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of New York, Columbia University Medical Center (Contributor)

Jeffrey Alan Pugh , B.Sc., MD 
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alberta (Contributor)

Moe R. Lim , MD 
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Contributor)

Ravi Bhargava , MD, F.R.C.P.C. 
Associate Professor, Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta (Contributor)

Juan Alzate , MD 
Department of Neurosurgery, Moulepiore Medical Center (Contributor)

John Ragheb , MD 
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics, Miami Children's Hospital, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (Contributor)

Sanjiv Bhatia , MD 
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, Miami Children's Hospital, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (Contributor)

Andrew Jea , MD 
Chief Resident, Miami Children's Hospital, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital (Contributor)

J. Marc C. van Dijk , MD, PhD 
Staff Neurosurgeon; Department of Neurosurgery; University Medical Center Groningen; Netherlands (Contributor)

Jonathan N. Grauer , MD 
Assistant Professor, Yale University School of Medicine (Contributor)

Issada Thongtrangan , MD 
Department of Orthopedics Surgery (Contributor)

Cary R. Templin , MD 
Spine Fellow, University of California - San Diego, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Contributor)

Wen-Jer Chen , MD 
Non-Surgical Management of Spinal Deformities, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine (Contributor)

Daniel Shedid , MD, MSc, FRCS© 
Assistant Professor, University of Montreal, Neurosurgeon, Spine Surgery Unit, Centre Hospitalier del Universite de Montreal, Notre -Dame Hospital (Contributor)

Stephen L. Ondra , MD 
Associate Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurological Surgery (Contributor)

Bert A. Coert , MD 
 (Contributor)

Bryan C. Oh , MD 
Physician, Department of Neurological Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (Contributor)

Jorge E. Alvernia , MD

MD 

Resident; Department of Neurological Surgery; Tulane University Medical Center; New Orleans, LA (Contributor)

Eli M. Baron 
Chief Resident; Department of Neurosurgery; Temple University Hospital; Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

M. Gail Boltz , MD 
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia; Department of Anesthesia; Stanford University Medical Center; Stanford, CA (Contributor)

Sarah Canale , BS 
Research Coordinator; San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders; La Jolla, CA (Contributor)

Roderick M. Capelo , MD 
Pediatric Orthopedic & Scoliosis Center; Children’s Hospital and Health Center; San Diego, CA (Contributor)

Chien-Ming Chao , 
MD 

Staff Surgeon; Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery; College of Medicine; National Taiwan University Hospital; Taipei, Taiwan, China (Contributor)

Ing-Ho Chen , MD 
Department of Orthopedic Surgery; Tzu Chi Medical Center (Contributor)

Won-Ho Choo , MD 
Visiting Scholar; Department of Neurosurgery; Stanford University Medical Center; Stanford, CA (Contributor)

Alan R. Cohen , MD; FACS; FAAP 
Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics; Chief of Pediatric Neurological Surgery; Interim Chairman; Department of Neurological Surgery; Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital; University Hospitals and Health System (Contributor)

Kurtus A. Dafford , MD 
Resident; Department of Neurosurgery; Tulane University; New Orleans, LA (Contributor)

Carrie Diulus , MD 
Senior Orthopaedic Resident, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, (Contributor)

Elizabeth T. Drum , MD; FAAP 
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Temple University School of Medicine; Chief Anesthesiologist; Temple University Children’s Medical Center; Shriners Hospital for Children of Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

Michael Flippin , MD 
Spine Fellow; San Diego Center for Spinal Disorders; La Jolla, CA (Contributor)

Richard F. Frisch , MD 
Orthopaedic Resident; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Albert Einstein Medical Center; Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

Tsai-Sheng (Sam) Fu , MD 
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery III, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Contributor)

Gary L. Gallia , MD, PhD 
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Contributor)

Se-Hoon Kim , MD; PhD 
Associate Professor; Department of Neurosurgery; Ansan Hospital; Korea University Medical Center (Contributor)

Daniel Kueter , MD 
Department of Neurosurgery; University of Tennessee; Memphis, TN (Contributor)

Po-Liang Lai , MD 
Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C. (Contributor)

Nathan H. Lebwohl , MD 
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Miami Spine Institute, Miami, FL, USA (Contributor)

Max C. Lee , MD 
Milwaukee Neurological Institute; Milwaukee, WI (Contributor)

YH Li , MBBS; MCh; FRCSE; FHKAM 
Consultant; Honorary Associate Professor; Dept of Orthopaedics & Traumatology; The Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital and University of Hong Kong; Pokfalum, Hong Kong (Contributor)

Angel Macagno , MD 
Orthopaedic Coordinator; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Center for Spinal Disorders, Miami Children’s Hospital; Miami, FL (Contributor)

Vivek Mehta , MD; MSc; FRCSC; FACS 
Assistant Professor; Department of Surgery; University of Alberta; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Contributor)

Jean-Marc Mac-Thiong , MD 
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery; Ste-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal; Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Contributor)

Addisu Mesfin , MD 
Drexel University School of Medicine; Philadelphia, PA (Contributor)

Jonathan P. Miller , MD 
Department of Neurosurgery; University Hospitals and Health System; Cleveland, OH (Contributor)

Kei Miyamoto , MD, PhD 
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery/ Spine Research, Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL (Contributor)

Michael F. O'Brien , MD 
Orthopaedics Department, Miami Childrens' Hospital, Miami, FL, USA (Contributor)

Murat Pekmezci , MD 
Department of Orthopedic Surgery; University of California San Francisco; San Francisco, CA (Contributor)

Frank A. Pintar , PhD 
Professor and Director; Department of Neurosurgery; VA Medical Center and Medical College of Wisconsin; Neuroscience Research Labs 151 (Contributor)

Gordon T. Sakamoto , MD 
Department of Neurosurgery; Stanford University Medical Center (Contributor)

Karl M. Schmitt , MD 
Clinical Instructor, Neurosurgery & Orthopedics, Yale Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA (Contributor)

Katsuji Shimizu , MD; DMSc 
Professor and Chairman; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery; Gifu University; Gifu City, Gifu, Japan (Contributor)

Edward R. Smith , MD 
Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School; The Children’s Hospital; Boston, MA, USA (Contributor)

Brian D. Stemper , PhD 
Assistant Professor; Department of Neurosurgery; Medical College of Wisconsin (Contributor)

Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara , MD; PhD 
Department of Neurological Surgery; University of Pittsburgh (Contributor)

Jeremy C Wang , MD 
Fellow, Atlanta Brain & Spine Care, Atlanta, GA, USA (Contributor)

Michael Y. Wang , MD 
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California (Contributor)

Neill M.
. Wright , MD 

Assistant Professor; Department of Neurological Surgery; St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine (Contributor)

Ali Zomorodi , MD 
Pediatric Neurosurgery Service; Division of Neurosurgery; Duke University Medical Center (Contributor)

 
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