Cervical Spine Surgery

Cervical Spine Surgery
Author: Praveen V. Mummaneni
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2013-12-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781576262979

This comprehensive reference provides essential clinical information for planning and performing the full spectrum of cervical spine surgeries. Here, in one convenient volume, you'll receive expert, step-by-step guidance in both open and minimally invasive procedures, as well as instruction in relevant anatomy, instrumentation, and underlying principles. An Invaluable Resource Divided into five parts, the book begins with basic considerations and includes chapters on anatomy, biomechanics, minimally invasive versus open surgery: choosing the best approach, and image-guided spinal navigation for cervical techniques. Part II focuses on arthoplasty techniques and includes chapters on patient selection for single- and multiple-level procedures, as well as chapters devoted to different arthroplasty devices and their clinical applications. Part III is devoted to techniques using biomaterials for cervical fusion with chapters on resorbable cervical interbody spacers, resorbable anterior plates, bone morphogenic protein, and mesh, bone, PEEK, and carbon fiber. Part IV includes several clinical chapters on different minimally invasive techniques for cervical fusion. The book concludes with Part V on regional and junctional challenges. Organized with a consistent format, each technique chapter includes information on indications and contraindications, preoperative assessment and evaluation, preoperative planning, illustrated step-by-step surgical technique, postoperative care, complications and outcomes, outcomes, and case examples showing the excellent results that can be achieved. To enhance the learning experience, two DVDs with operative video are included. Master the Skills Needed to Stay at the Forefront of the Field! This comprehensive work is a must read for all spine surgeons. It provides the practical advice, clinical nuances, and learning aids to assist you in the treatment of cervical spine disorders.

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1995
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN:

Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

Thermal-hydraulics for Space Power, Propulsion, and Thermal Management System Design

Thermal-hydraulics for Space Power, Propulsion, and Thermal Management System Design
Author: William J. Krotiuk
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1990
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Addressing the application of low-gravity fluid-thermal control systems to advanced space-based systems and designs, this volume treats design problems associated with current space programs that employ advanced fluid-thermal systems. It brings together all the technical knowledge necessary to design advanced fluid-thermal space systems. The text summarizes low-gravity fluid-thermal behavior, describes past and planned experimental activities, surveys existing thermal-hydraulic computer codes, and underscores areas that require further technical understanding. Engineers, designers, and researchers will be able to determine the status and limitations of the current knowledge of low-gravity fluid-thermal behavior and identify areas of future research. Educators will find the system descriptions useful in identifying areas for educational emphasis and the technical discussions helpful in describing current analytical methods and theories.

Large Space Structures: Dynamics and Control

Large Space Structures: Dynamics and Control
Author: S.N. Atluri
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642833764

This monograph is intended to provide a snapshot of the status and opportunities for advan cement in the technologies of dynamics and control oflarge flexible spacecraft structures. It is a reflection ofthe serious dialog and assessments going on all over the world,across a wide variety of scientific and technical disciplines, as we contemplate the next major milestone in mankind's romance with space: the transition from exploration and experimentation to commercial and defense exploitation. This exploitation is already in full swing in the space communications area. Both military and civilian objectives are being pursued with increasingly more sophisticated systems such as large antenna reflectors with active shape control. Both the NATO and Warsaw pact alliances are pursuing permanent space stations in orbit: large structural systems whose development calls for in-situ fabrication and/or assembly and whose operation will demand innovations in controls technology. The last ten years have witnessed a fairly brisk research activity in the dynamics and control oflarge space structures in orderto establish a technology base forthe development of advanced spacecraft systems envisioned for the future. They have spanned a wide spectrum of activity from fundamental methods development to systems concept studies and laboratory experimentation and demonstrations. Some flight experiments have also been conducted for various purposes such as the characterization of the space enviroment, durability of materials and devices in that environment, assembly and repair operations, and the dynamic behavior of flexible structures. It is this last area that has prompted this monogram.