Spine Universe Author Biography

At the Uppsala University, Dr. Rauschning is a University Lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery and a Research Professor in Clinical and Applied Anatomy and Pathology. His Medical and Doctorate Degree are from Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Germany. His second Doctorate Degree is from Uppsala University where he developed the Uppsala Cryoplaning Technique.

Professor Rauschning’s unique slide collection details the normal anatomy of the spine, surgical approaches and a wide variety of pathological conditions such as degenerative changes, traumatic lesions, metastases, as well as surgical safeguards and complications, the functional anatomy and kinematics of the spinal joints and ligaments were also studied for physiotherapists and other manual therapy specialties.

The selection of the slides is based on the textbook chapters form “The Adult Spine” and “Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Fixation”.  The slide set “Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash” includes a monograph comprising a comprehensive review, over 500 references and five color–illustrated journal articles (experimental studies on radiographically “hidden” soft tissue injuries, several posterior plating systems and clinical outcome studies in 50 whiplash patients and patients who had anterior or posterior plating).

Employing the Uppsala Cryoplaning Technique, functionally positioned and in–situ frozen, specimens were cryomicrotome–sectioned and photographed at submillimeter intervals, bringing up the undistorted anatomy of the spinal tissues in their natural colors and in exquisite clarity and detail.

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SpineUniverse articles from Wolfgang Rauschning, M.D., Ph.D.

• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - 71 Year Old Female
  Degenerated lower cervical spine
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Articular Pillar
  Articular pillar of a normal midcervical spine
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Atlas
  Axial section of the atlas
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Axial Section C5-C6
  Axial section of C5-C6 of a normal cervical spine
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - C5-C6 Fracture
  C5-C6 fracture dislocation
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Cervical Spine
  Cervical spine of a young male.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Degenerated Cervical Spine
  Closeup of a degenerated lower cervical spine.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Degenerated Cervical Spine
  Severely degenerated lower cervical spine.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Masses
  Section Lateral Masses of the Atlas and the Axis
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Midlumbar Spine
  Midlumbar spine
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Midthoracic Spine
  Midthoracic spine
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Midthoracic Vertebra
  Mid-thoracic vertebra
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Normal Lower Cervical Spine
  Normal lower cervical spine
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Severely Degenerated Upper Cervical Spine
  Severely degenerated cervical spinal segment.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Spinal Canal
  Closeup of the spinal canal in the cervical spine.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Superior Portion of the Atlas
  The superior portion of the atlas.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Traumatic Disc Herniation of the Cervical Spine
  Traumatic disc herniation of the cervical spine.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Two Severely Degenerated Cervical Spinal Segments
  Severely degenerated cervical spine segments.
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Upper Cervical Spine, 34 Year Old Male
  midsagittal section through the upper cervical spine
• Cervical Anatomy and Pathology - Upper Cervical Spine, Elderly Man
  Upper cervical spine of an elderly man.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Anterior Plate Fixation
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View the posttraumatic insatbility and myelopathy in a 82-year old man.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Avulsions at C5
  Cervical Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the coronal section through a serverely degenerated lower cervical spine of a 70-year old female.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - C5 C6 Herniation
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fracture and Whiplash. View the large disc herniation at C5-C6.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - C6 Fracture
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View the superior articular process fracture of C6.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - C6, C7 Sagittal Closeup
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View a sagittal closeup section at C6-C7 showing a screw that transgresses and partially fractures the inferior articular proscess of C6
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Cancer
  Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash. View breast cancer metastasis of C6 with a pahtological Fracture.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Craniocervical
  Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash. View the gross disruption at the craniocervical junction.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Disc Protrusions
  Cervical Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the coronal section through a serverely degenerated lower cervical spine of a 70-year old female.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Endplate Avulsion
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View the cartilaginous endplate avulsion of the C6-C7 disc from the body of C7.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Ligamentum Flavum Avulsion
  Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash. View liagmentum flavum avulsion from the lamina of C7.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Multiple Disc Ruptures at C5-C6
  Cervical Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the coronal section through a serverely degenerated lower cervical spine of a 70-year old female.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Multiple Facet Joint Ruptures and Fractures
  Cervical Spine Injures, Fractures and Whiplash. View the multiple facet joint ruptures of the transverse processes from C4 to C6.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Occipital Condyle Fracture
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View the Occipital condyle fracture.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Odontoid Process Fracture
  Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash. View the odontoid process fracture.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Posterior Screw Plate Fixation
  Cervical Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the coronal section through a serverely degenerated lower cervical spine of a 70-year old female.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Screw Plate Fixation
  Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash. View the posterior screw-plate fixation of a breast cancer metastasis that had caused severe pain in a 57-year old woman.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - T1-Weighted MR Image
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View the gadolinium enhanced, T1-weighted MR image.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Uncovertebral Injuries
  Cervical Spine Injuries,Fractures and Whiplash. View the multiple-level uncovertebral injuries between C2 and C5.
• Cervical Spine Injuries, Fractures and Whiplash - Uncovertebral Osteophytosis
  Cervical spine anatomy and pathology. View the coronal section through a serverely degenerated lower cervical spine of a 70-year old female.
• Cryosectional Imaging of Spinal Anatomy
  Index listing Wolfgang Rauschning, MD, PhD's Cryosectional Imaging of Spinal Anatomy.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - 70 Year Old
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the degenerated lumbar spine of a 70-year old man with a history of long-standing low back pain.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Degenerated L5 Disc
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal closeup of the posterior half of a moderately degenerated L5-S1 disc at the lateral recess level.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Degenerated L5-S1 Foramen
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. Sagittal section through a degenerated L5-S1 foramen of a 68-year old man with no history of back pain or radiculopathy.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Isthmic Spondylosis (Female)
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the isthmic spondylolsis of L5 in a 29-year old woman who had been completely asymptomatic.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Isthmic Spondylosis of L5
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the Iithmic spondyloysis of L5 in a 29-year old woman.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - L4 L5 Disc Degeneration
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the lower lumbar spine with pronounced disc degenerations L4-L5 and L5-S1.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - L5 and Upper Sacrum
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. Coronal section through the lower portion of L5 and the upper sacrum.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - L5 Pedicle
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the lower Spine through the medial border of the L5 Pedicle.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Lower Lumbar Spine at Foraminal Outlet
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the lower lumbar spine at the level of the foraminal outlet.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Lumbar Spine
  Lumbosacral and spinopelvic anatomy and pathology. View the lower lumbar spine through the lateral recess.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Mid Pedicle Level L5
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the lower lumbar spine at the mid-pedicle level of L5.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Normal Upper Sacrum, Sacroiliac Joint
  Lumbosacral and spinopelvic anatomy and pathology. View a normal upper sacrum, sacroiliac joint and presacral soft tissues of a 29-year-old woman.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Right S1 Joint
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View a axial closeup of the right SI joint.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - S3, S4
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the axial section through the right sacroiliac (SI) joint and the lesser pelvis at the level of S3-S4.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Sacroliliac Joint
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the axial section through the sacroiliac (SI) joints of a 29-year old female.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Severely Degenerated Lower Lumbar Spine
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the severely degenerated lower lumbar spine.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Spinal Canal, Foramina, L5-S1 Disc
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the axial section through the spinal canal and foramina of the L5-S1 disc.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Upper Sacrum
  Lumbosacral and spinopelvic anatomy and pathology. View the upper sacrum from an old man who had been bed-ridden for several years after a stroke.
• Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology - Upper Sacrum
  Lumbosacral and Spinopelvic Anatomy and Pathology. View the axial section through the upper sacrum Icm caudal.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the axial section thorugh a vertebra at the mid-pedicle level.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - 68 Year Old Man
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal section thorugh a degenerated lower lumbar spine of a 68-year old male.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - 77 Year Old
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal section thorugh a moderately degenerated lower lumbar spine of a 77-year old man.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Burst Fracture
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View a 32-year old carpenter who had sustained a typical burstfracture of L1.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Degenerated L3 L4 Disc
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the axial section thorugh a severely degenerated L3-L4 disc.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Degenerated Lumbar Spine
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal section thorugh a degenerated lower lumbar spine of a 68-year old man.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Facet Joint
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal high power photograph of the L4-L5 facet joint and foramen in the spine.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Lower Lumbar, Upper Sacrum
  Thoracolumbar spine anatomy and pathology. View the sagittal section through a normal lower lumbar spine and upper sacrum of a young female through the lateral portion of the thecal sac.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Midlumbar Spinal Canal through L4-L5
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View a closeup view of the midlumbar spinal canal in a severely degenerated and stenotic specimen.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Midlumbar Vertebra
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the pathological fracture of a midlumbar vertebra.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Neuroforamina
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal section thorugh the neuroforamina of a severely degenerated lower lumbar spine of a 70-year old.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Partial Collapse of the L1 Vertebra
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the partial collapse of the L1 Vertebra due to a superior endplate failure.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Pedicles of L2, L3, L4
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the coronal section thorugh the pedicles of L2,L3,L4.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Posterior Contour of the Vertebral Body
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View a few millimeters above the level of the severe degenerative spinal stenosis picture at L4-L5 level in the 70 year old.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Root Canal
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the same specimen as in number 16 of the index,this section is through the L4-L5 neuroforamen.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Spinal Stenosis
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the severe degenerative spinal stenosis at the L4-L5 level in a 70-year old.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Spondylolisthesis
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. A cadeveric study conducted by Professor Rauschning
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - T12 thru L2
  Thoracolumbar spine anatomy and pathology. View the coronal section through a normal thoracolumbar junction between T12 and L2 through the pedicles.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Thoracolumbar Spine, Young Female
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal section in the midline through the thoracolumbar spine of a young female adult.
• Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology - Upper Sacrum (Young Female)
  Thoracolumbar Spine Anatomy and Pathology. View the sagittal section through the pedicles of the same specimen as in the normal lower lumbar spine and upper sacrum of a young female.