Prove it!: evidence-based analysis of common spine practice

"Prove It! Evidence-Based Analysis of Common Spine Practice offers spine surgeons detailed guidance in using the principles of evidence-based medicine in treatment decisions. The book presents a unique collection of 31 case studies in which noted experts review a patient's signs and symptoms and relevant images to determine the best-fitting diagnosis and then to develop a treatment plan based on the best available published evidence. The case-based approach allows the reader to see how evidence-based medicine can be directly and practically applied to the care of patients with a variety of disorders"--Provided by publisher.

""PROVE IT! EVIDENCE-BASED ANALYSIS OF COMMON SPINE PRACTICE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""SECTION I DEGENERATIVE CERVICAL SPINE""; ""CASE 1 Cervical Stenosis with Multiple Subluxations""; ""CASE 2 Multilevel Cervical Stenosis with Straight Spine""; ""CASE 3 Cervical Disc Disease with Radiculopathy""; ""CASE 4 Cervical Degeneration with C8 Radiculopathy""; ""CASE 5 Two-Level Degeneration and Radiculopathy""; ""CASE 6 Cervical Stenosis with Kyphosis""; ""SECTION II INFLAMMATORY AND INFECTIOUS DISORDERS""; ""CASE 7 Discitis and Osteomyelitis""; ""CASE 8 Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine""

""CASE 9 Cervical Epidural Abscess""""SECTION III SPINAL TUMORS AND FRACTURES""; ""CASE 10 Metastatic Prostate Tumor with Fracture at L3""; ""CASE 11 Thoracic Epidural Tumor""; ""CASE 12 L1 Fracture with Paraplegia""; ""CASE 13 C4 Fracture""; ""CASE 14 Metastatic Renal Tumor of L4 After Failed Kyphoplasty""; ""CASE 15 Thoracolumbar Flexion-Distraction Injury""; ""CASE 16 Metastatic Tumor of the Cervical Spine""; ""CASE 17 Thoracolumbar Burst Fracture""; ""SECTION IV DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR SPINE""; ""CASE 18 Single-Level Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis with Stenosis I""

""CASE 19 Single-Level Lum…