CERVICAL SPINE SURGERY   posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion for stenosis   cervical laminoplasty for myelopathy   failed anterior fusion compounded by persistent stenosis and herniation requiring ap fusion   cervical meylopathy requiring long corpectomy and fusion using two plates   C1 C2 rotatory traumatic fracture subluxation with delayed diagnosis   cervical kyphosis and radiculopathy treated with anterior posterior fusion   combined cervical laminoplasty and lumbar fusion       THORACIC SPINE SURGERY    massive calcified thoracic disc herniation causing myelopathy    another large thoracic disc herniation causing myelopathy    thoracic disc herniation surgery with kyphotic collapse requiring revision surgery    thoracic spinal stenosis    thoracic tumor #1    thoracic tumor #2       SPINAL DEFORMITY SURGERY     posterior vertebral column resection for severe spinal deformity: 1st case in USA     7 previous back surgeries with flatback syndrome requiring pedicle subtraction osteotomy     adult degenerative scoliosis and stenosis requiring anterior posterior fusion     adullt idiopathic scoliosis with same day anterior posterior reconstruction     adult degenerative scoliosis with pseudoarthrosis and thoracic stenosis requiring staged ap surgery     severe posttraumatic kyphosis managed with anterior vertebrectomy and PLIF and posterior fusion     fusion fracture causing flatback syndrome requiring pedicle subtraction osteotomy     adult degenerative scoliosis and stenosis with flatback syndrome with same day ap fusion     post laminectomy flatback syndrome in degenerative scoliosis requiring pedicle subtraction osteotomy     transitional syndrome above previous fusion causing flatback deformity requiring pedicle subtraction     LUMBAR SPINE SURGERY     far lateral disc herniation at L5 S1     adult isthmic spondylolisthesis with severe foraminal stenosis  requiring posterior fusion     very severe multilevel lumbar stenosis with extremely tight canal and calcified central disc herniation     L5 S1 discogenic pain with stenosis in a smoker requiring anterior posterior L5 S1 fusion     transitional syndrome with stenosis above previous fusion requiring fusion extension     multiple iatrogenic pars fractures with persistent herniation requiring anterior posterior fusion      INNOVATIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES    transforaminal posteior lumbar interbody fusion using Harms cages:  technique video    sacral fixation for long constructs       COMPLICATIONS     extensive postoperative epidural hematoma causing complete paraplegia with subsequent recovery