Spinal Disorders: Fundamentals of Diagnosis and Treatment / Edition 1

by Norbert Boos, Max Aebi

Overview

Spinal disorders are among the most common medical conditions with significant impact on health related quality of life, use of health care resources and socio-economic costs. This is an easily readable teaching tool focusing on fundamentals and basic principles and provides a homogeneous syllabus with a consistent didactic strategy. The chosen didactic concept highlights and repeats core messages throughout the chapters. This textbook, with its appealing layout, will inspire and stimulate the reader for the study of spinal disorders.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540405115
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	06/27/2008
Edition description:	2008
Pages:	1165
Sales rank:	322,734
Product dimensions:	7.99(w) x 10.87(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

History of Spinal Disorders.- History of Spinal Disorders.- Basic Science.- Biomechanics of the Spine.- Spinal Instrumentation.- Age-Related Changes of the Spine.- Pathways of Spinal Pain.- Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Spinal Disorders.- Predictors of Surgical Outcome.- Patient Assessment.- History and Physical Examination.- Imaging Studies.- Spinal Injections.- Neurological Assessment in Spinal Disorders.- Neurophysiological Investigations.- Surgical Approaches.- Peri- and Postoperative Management.- Preoperative Assessment.- Intraoperative Anesthesia Management.- Postoperative Care and Pain Management.- Degenerative Disorders.- Degenerative Disorders of the Cervical Spine.- Disc Herniation and Radiculopathy.- Lumbar Spinal Stenosis.- Degenerative Lumbar Spondylosis.- Non-specific Low Back Pain.- Postoperative Rehabilitation.- Spinal Deformities and Malformations.- Idiopathic Scoliosis.- Neuromuscular Scoliosis.- Congenital Scoliosis.- Degenerative Scoliosis.- Spondylolisthesis.- Juvenile Kyphosis (Scheuermann’s Disease).- Malformations of the Spinal Cord.- Fractures.- Cervical Spine Injuries.- Thoracolumbar Spinal Injuries.- Osteoporotic Spine Fractures.- Tumors and Inflammation.- Primary Tumors of the Spine.- Spinal Metastasis.- Intradural Tumors.- Infections of the Spine.- Rheumatoid Arthritis.- Ankylosing Spondylitis.- Treatment of Postoperative Complications.- Outcome Assessment in Spinal Surgery.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"In a book of 1166 pages … cover the entire discipline of spinal disorders. … it is of benefit to have at hand nearly all of the clinical/surgical issues one encounters, complemented by many line drawings, appropriate imaging, and extensive tables. … The value of the book to neuroradiologists is not in the imaging peruse but how important correlative imaging is brought together with clinical features. … this text brings together the essentials of spinal disease; therefore, it would be of value to all neuroradiologists." (American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol. 30, March, 2009)

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