Overview
- Guides the reader through the diagnostic process and treatment selection according to the principles of evidence-based medicine
- Illustrates newer surgical procedures in images and accompanying videos
- Identifies potential complications and highlights technical pearls?
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This book offers essential guidance on selecting the most appropriate surgical management option for a variety of spinal conditions, including idiopathic problems, and degenerative disease. While the first part of the book discusses the neuroanatomy and biomechanics of the spine, pain mechanisms, and imaging techniques, the second guides the reader through the diagnostic process and treatment selection for disorders of the different regions of the spine, based on the principles of evidence-based medicine. I.e., it clearly explains why a particular technique should be selected for a specific patient on the basis of the available evidence, which is carefully reviewed. The book identifies potential complications and highlights technical pearls, describing newer surgical techniques and illustrating them with the help of images and accompanying videos. Though primarily intended for neurosurgeons, the book will also be of interest to orthopaedic surgeons, specialists in physical medicine, and pain specialists.
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Table of contents (47 chapters)
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General Considerations
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Cervical Spine
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Thoracic Spine
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Surgery of the Spine and Spinal Cord
Book Subtitle: A Neurosurgical Approach
Editors: Erik van de Kelft
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27613-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-27611-3Published: 12 July 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80186-5Published: 31 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-27613-7Published: 04 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 761
Number of Illustrations: 153 b/w illustrations, 320 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pain Medicine