<p><strong><em>Unique resource from internationally renowned experts details the key role of sagittal spine balance</em></strong></p><p>Through evolution, human verticality became associated with a wide range of normal pelvic shapes and associated pelvic incidence angles (PIs). While all types of sagittal alignment generally provide adequate support to young adults, age, stress, and related degeneration can progressively lead to sagittal imbalance and contribute to various spinal pathologies.</p><p><cite>Sagittal Balance of the Spine</cite> by Pierre Roussouly, João Luiz Pinheiro-Franco, Hubert Labelle, Martin Gehrchen, and a cadre of esteemed international contributors focuses on the importance of sagittal alignment and spino-pelvic shape identification in clinical practice. Offering the most comprehensive text on sagittal balance to date, this state-of-the-art, richly illustrated book fills a void in the literature, offering clinical pearls throughout seven sections and 24 chapters.</p><p><strong>Key Highlights</strong><ul><li>The biomechanics of sagittal balance including spine modeling, primary parameters, spinal curves segmentation, and lumbar lordosis classification</li><li>The role of sagittal balance in low back pain and degeneration, with discussion of spinal orientation and the contact forces theory, spinal degeneration associated with spinopelvic morphotypes, and compensatory mechanisms</li><li>Comprehensive analysis of the relationship between sagittal imbalance and isthmic lysis spondylolisthesis, degenerative spondylolisthesis, Scheuermann's kyphosis, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, and adult scoliosis</li><li>Posterior and anterior treatment approaches– from spinal fixation and spinal fusion– to spinal osteotomy techniques and management of surgical failure</li></ul></p><p>This text is essential reading for every neurosurgical and orthopaedic resident, as well as veteran surgeons who evaluate and treat patients with spine conditi

<p><strong>I Introduction to Sagittal Balance</strong><br>1 Historical Background of Spinal Sagittal Balance<br>2 The Acquisition of Human Verticality<br><strong>II Biomechanics of Sagittal Balance</strong><br>3 From the Head to the Feet: Anatomy of the Upright Position<br>4 Modeling of the Spine<br>5 Sagittal Balance: The Main Parameters<br>6 Spinal Curves Segmentation and Lumbar Lordosis Classification<br><strong>III Normative Values Following Age and Populations</strong><br>7 Normative Values of Sagittal Balance in Children and Adults<br>8 Sagittal Balance in the Elderly<br><strong>IV The Sagittal Balance of the Spine in Pathology</strong><br>9 Local Stresses: Segmental Mechanism of Low Back Pain and Degeneration, and Stresses According to Spinal Orientation&mdash;Contact Forces Theory<br>10 Mechanisms of Spinal Degeneration According to Spinopelvic Morphotypes<br>11 Sagittal Imbalance Compensatory Mechanisms<br><strong>V The Non Scoliotic Spine</strong><br>12 Isthmic Lytic Spondylolisthesis&mdash;The Physiopathology, Classification, and Treatment Better Explained by the Sagittal Balance<br>13 Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: Does the Sagittal Balance Matter?<br>14 The Degenerative Aging Spine: A Challenge for Contemporaneous Societies<br>15 Scheuermann's Kyphosis<br>16 Cervical Sagittal Alignment and Cervicarthrosis<br>17 Advantages and Limitations of the SRS-Schwab Classification for Adult Spinal Deformity<br><strong>VI Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)</strong><br>18 Specificities in Growing Spine<br>19 Sagittal Balance Incidence on Treatment Strategy in AIS<br><strong>VII Adult Scoliosis (AS)</strong><br>20 From Pathological to Normal Shapes in Adult Scoliosis<br>21 Sagittal Balance Treatment Strategy in a Posterior Approach<br>22 Adult Scoliosis Treatment with an Anterior Approach<br>23 Techniques for Spine Osteotomies and Clinical Applications<br>24 Surgical Failures Mechanisms and Their Treatment</p>