Spine: core knowledge in orthopaedics

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A succinct reference that fosters a rapid mastery of the key concepts and core knowledge in spine surgery. It begins with a review of spinal anatomy and the examination techniques most relevant to the diagnosis of suspected spinal disorders. The remainder of the book progresses logically from the most commonly seen clinical problems to the least frequently encountered ones, and outline the appropriate management techniques, both surgical and non-surgical. With an authorship composed primarily o…

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Title Statements

Full title :Spine : core knowledge in orthopaedics / [edited by] Alexander R. Vaccaro.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Mosby
Place of Publication:St. Louis
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 314 pages : : illustrations ; : 28 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0323027318, 9780323027311
oclc:ocm56559438
LC Classification:RD768
Dewey Decimal:616.7/306

Basic anatomy of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral spine -- Physical examination of the spine -- Surgical approaches to the spine -- Lumbar degenerative disk disease: understanding the pain generator -- Low back pain: nonoperative treatement strategies -- Herniation of the nucleus pulposus in the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine -- Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar degenerative disk disease: spine stenosis -- Surgical management of low back pain -- Management of the failed back surgery patient -- Kyphosis of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine -- Spinal scoliotic deformities: adolescent idiopathic, adult degenerative, and neuromuscular -- Lumbar spondylolisthesis -- Osteoporosis: medical management and surgical treatment options -- Metabolic and inflammatory diseases of the spine -- The rheumatoid spine -- Vertebral discitis and osteomyelitis -- Primary and metastatic spinal tumors -- Intradural spinal neoplasms -- Pathophysiology and pharmacologic treatment of acute spinal cord injury -- Spinal cord injury: prehospital and emergency room management, as well as timing of treatment -- Cervical spine trauma -- Throacic and lumbar spine trauma.

Subjects

Back Pain -- therapy Chirurgie orthopédique Colonne vertébrale -- Chirurgie Colonne vertébrale -- Maladies Colonne vertébrale -- Physiopathologie Dorsalgie -- thérapie Handbooks and manuals Intervention orthopédique Maladies du rachis Orthopedic Procedures Orthopedic surgery Orthopedics Orthopédie Spinal Diseases Spine -- Diseases Spine -- Pathophysiology Spine -- surgery