J D Bartleson, H Gordon Deen

Spine Disorders

Medical and Surgical Management

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An essential information source for all healthcare providers treating patients with cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disease.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 188mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9780521889414
• ISBN-10: 0521889413
• Artikelnr.: 26425189

Autorenporträt

J. D. Bartleson M.D. is Associate Professor and Consultant in the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Glossary
1. Introduction
2. The cervical level
3. The thoracic level
4. The lumbar level
5. Diagnostic testing in the patient with spine and limb pain
6. When and to whom to refer your patients for spine surgery
7. What to do when the patient has persistent or new symptoms following surgery
8. Spinal imaging and diagnostic tests: considerations for surgical diagnosis and pre-operative planning
9. Disorders of the cervical spine: pre-operative assessment and surgical management
10. Disorders of the thoracic spine: pre-operative assessment and surgical management
11. Disorders of the lumbar spine: pre-operative assessment and surgical management
12. Minimally invasive spine surgery
13. New technology in spine surgery
14. Medical management of the spine surgery patient: pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative considerations
Appendix. Please don't make my mistakes.