SOMMAIRE : 1 Functional anatomy 1 2 Patient examination 19 3 Diagnosis and differential diagnosis 35 4 Diagnostic aids 41 5 Instrumentation 73 6 Preoperative assessment 81 7 Cervical disc disease 93 8 Thoracolumbar disc disease 121 9 Atlantoaxial subluxation 161 10 Lumbosacral disease 181 11 Cervical spondylomyelopathy 211 12 Neoplasia 247 13 Trauma 281 14 Miscellaneous conditions 319 15 Postoperative care 339