This book is thoroughly illustrated with full-color, sequential, surgeon's-eye view intraoperative photographs, as well as drawings by noted medical illustrators. Many chapters have been rewritten by new contributing authors who are today's top experts in spine surgery. New chapters cover recently developed techniques such as odontoid fixation and microdiscectomy, as well as new instrumentation such as anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) cages and posterior hook/rod constructs.