Congenital Spine Malformations

This book offers a clinical and surgical overview on congenital spine malformations, which are abnormalities that occur during fetal development, leading to structural issues in the spine. The fetal spine begins to develop shortly after conception and continues to grow throughout pregnancy. This book covers the various congenital spine malformations, their aetiologies and development, diagnosis and management.

Since many of these disorders are rare, they do not have a final cure and their management is important - their consequences on the physical, psychological and developmental condition of the patient are massive. 

This book is of interest to orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, and pediatric specialists - the team who take care of the surgical management of congenital spine malformations.

Dr. Khaled Fares Al-Ali, MD, is one of the first Emirati neurosurgeon and the first Emirati North American board-certified neurosurgeon. He specializes in pediatric neurosurgery and spine surgery. He has a busy clinical practice which includes management of pediatric and advanced spine conditions, such as advanced cervical spine conditions, minimally invasive spine surgery, degenerative spine conditions, spine decompression and fusion surgery, spinal cord tumors, brain tumors, all of the pediatric neurosurgery conditions. He has also pituitary and peripheral nerve clinics. He is working in Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE and affiliated with Dalhousie University, Canada.

Dr. Hashim Talib Hashim, MBChB: A doctor from Baghdad Medical College starting his career in surgery, he is a researcher and has more than 100 papers, many of them were published in international PubMed indexed journals. He created the idea of 'Postconscious' and 'Gene's communication theory'. He participated in more than 25 conferences and medical events either nationally and internationally to present his papers and researches. He was awarded many prized for the best paper and best presentation in three competitions. He is also a member of the international global health network that focuses on developing papers in global health related topics. He has his own lab of research in Iraq to work on his ideas and researches. He published four books with Springer (2 of them in psychology and 2 of them in cardiac surgery).