Non-Operative Treatment of the Lumbar Spine (eBook, PDF) - Cooper, Grant
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Bridging the gap between the medical literature and the practice of lumbar spine medicine, this user-friendly, accessible text describes the causes of lower back pain and associated “sciatic” pathologies and how these problems can be successfully treated without surgery. Beginning with a review of the anatomy of the lumbar spine and the most common causes of lower back pain, diagnostic and management strategies for a variety of conditions are discussed, including discogenic pain, facet joint pain, sacroiliac joint pain, spondylolisthesis, lumbar radiculopathy, piriformis syndrome, spinal…mehr

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Bridging the gap between the medical literature and the practice of lumbar spine medicine, this user-friendly, accessible text describes the causes of lower back pain and associated “sciatic” pathologies and how these problems can be successfully treated without surgery. Beginning with a review of the anatomy of the lumbar spine and the most common causes of lower back pain, diagnostic and management strategies for a variety of conditions are discussed, including discogenic pain, facet joint pain, sacroiliac joint pain, spondylolisthesis, lumbar radiculopathy, piriformis syndrome, spinal stenosis, and compression fractures. Chapters on epidural steroid injections, exercises for lower back pain and alternative treatments follow, as well as when it is appropriate to recommend surgery. The second section of the book is devoted to numerous clinical scenarios in which evidence based medicine is applied to actual clinical cases. Non-Operative Treatment of the Lumbar Spine will bea valuable reference for orthopedists, rheumatologists, physiatrists, pain management specialists, neurologists, and anyone treating patients with lower back pain.

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Grant Cooper, MD, Princeton Spine and Joint Center, Princeton, NJ, USA
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"This is an excellent monograph about lumbar diseases and disorders Fractures, spinal stenosis, radiculopathy, spondylolithesis, spondylolysis, discogenic disorders, facet dislocations, facet arthropathies, pyriformis syndrome, failed back syndromes and various dislocations are discussed in depth with over ten cases presented and their management. Fluoroscopy images, and color line drawings illustrate this good introduction to spinal diseases. ... The book will be useful for neurosurgeons, anesthesia doctors, and any physician having an interest in lumbar pathologies." (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, June, 2016)