SECTION 1: BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF CERVICAL SPINE, 1. Historical Background of Surgery on Cervical Spine, 2. Applied Anatomy of Cervical Spine, 3. Biomechanics of Cervical Spine, SECTION 2: ORIENTATION IN THE OPERATION THEATER, 4. Operation Theater Set-up, 5. Basic Instrument Set for Spinal Surgery, 6. Hemostasis in Spinal Surgery, SECTION 3: TECHNIQUES OF HARVESTING BONE GRAGTS FROM THE ILIAC CREST AND FAMILIARITY WITH THE USE OF SCREWS AND PLATES, 7. Technique of Harvesting Bone Grafts from the Anterior and Posterior Iliac Crest, 8. Basic Knowledge of Screws Used in Spinal Surgery, 9. Operative Technique of Screws and Plates Fixation in Anterior Cervical Spine, 10. Posterior Atlantoaxial Stabilization with Screw in the Lateral Masses, 11. Posterior Atlantoaxial Stabilization with Screws and Plates in the Lateral Masses, 12. Posterior Subaxial Stabilization of the Cervical Spine: Lateral Mass Screws and Plates or Rods, SECTION 4: SURGICAL APPROACHES TO CRANIO-VERTEBRAL JUNCTION, Anterior: 13. Surgical Technique for Anterior Occipitocervical Decompression and Fusion, 14. Transoral Approach to Cranio-vertebral Junction:Basic Principles, 15. Anterior Approaches to Upper Cervical Spine, 16. Retropharyngeal approach to Ocipitocervical Junction, Posterior: 17. Surgical Technique of Posterior Exposure of Occiput C1 and C2, 18. Posterior Occipitocervical Stabilization Using Contoured Hartshill Ring or Ransford Loop, 19. Posterior Occipitocervical Fusion Using Auto-bone Graft From the Posterior Iliac Crest: Menezes Principle, 20. Other Modalities of C1 and C2 Fusion, 21. Far Out Lateral Transcondylar Approach to Lesions Placed Intradurally Anterior to Cervico-medullary Junction, SECTION 5: SURGICAL APPROACHES TO SUBAXIAL ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE, 22. Anterior Approach to Subaxial Cervical SpineSome Considerations, 23. Surgical Approach to Subaxial Anterior Cervical SpineBasic Knowledge, 24. Step by Step Approach to Anterior Subaxial Cervical Spine, 25. Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion, 26. Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy, 27. Anterior Cervical Median Corpectomy, 28. Motion Preserving Anterior Cervical StabilizationCervical Discoplasty, SECTION 6: POSTERIOR APPROACH TO SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE, 29. Posterior Exposure of Subaxial Cervical Spine, 30. Cervical Laminectomy, 31. Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy, 32. Posterior Cervical Microdiscectomy, 33. Cervical Laminoplasty, SECTION 7: CONGENITAL MALFORMATION OF THE NERVOUS TISSUE, 34. Step by Step Surgical Approach to Chiari Malformations, 35. Cervical Encephalocele, SECTION 8: SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMA TO THE CERVICAL SPINE, 36. Principles of Management of Trauma to the Occipitocervical Junction, 37. Basic Concepts of Surgical Management, 38. Surgical Techniques for Management of Trauma to the Anterior Cervical Spine, 39. Surgical Techniques for Management of Trauma to the Posterior Cervical Spine, 40. Bohlmans Triple Wire Concept, 41. Posterior Cervical Stabilization: Use of Metallic Rectangle, 42. Facet Lock Surgical Release and Stabilization, SECTION 9: TUMORS OF THE CERVICAL SPINE, 43. Classification of Cervical Spine and Spinal Cord Tumors, 44. Excision of Intramedullary Tumors, 45. Intradural of Extramedullary Cervical Spine Tumors.