ㆍ　Offers step-by-step descriptions of operative techniques
　　　ㆍ　Provides practical advice on the management of complications and follow-up
　　　ㆍ　Includes informative case studies and a wealth of illustrations

　Dr. Stefano Boriani is Director of Department of Oncologic and Degenerative Spine Surgery at Rizzoli Institute (IOR), Bologna, Italy. After his first specialization in Orthopedics and Traumatology he became responsible of sub-unit of Oncologic Spine Surgery in the Department of Bone Tumor Surgery. His most important surgical and scientific interest concerns diagnosis and treatment of spine tumors. Other field of activity and research are: spine fractures, post-traumatic deformities, mini-invasive approaches.

Part I Anatomy
　1 Anatomy of Craniocervical Junction　　　　　3
　2 Anatomy of the Subaxial Cervical Spine　　　　　17
　3 Anatomy of the Neck　　　　　27


Part II Planning
　4 Interventional Radiology: Presurgical Selective Angiographic Embolization (SAE) in Hypervascular Cervical Spine Tumours　　　　　49
　5 Anesthesiological Management and Patient Positioning　　　　　63
　6 Cervical Spine Instrumentation　　　　　69
　7 Tracheotomy Surgical Technique　　　　　87
　8 Surgical Planning in Cervical Spine Oncologic Patients　　　　　95


Part III Surgical Approaches
　9 Surgical Approaches to CCJ (Endoscopic Transnasal-Transoral-Transcervical and Robotic Transoral Approach)　　　　　105
　10 Anterior and Lateral Approaches to Cervical Spine　　　　　129
　11 Posterior Approach to Cervical Spine　　　　　175
　12 Exemplificative Cases in Cervical Spine　　　　　185
　13 Complications of Cervical Spine Surgery　　　　　217