Decision making in spinal care [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"Decision Making in Spinal Care, 2nd Edition presents current management strategies for the most common spine problems, including trauma injuries, metabolic and degenerative diseases, and spinal deformities. Each chapter opens with a concise introduction to the topic and discussion of the classification of the injury, condition, or management approach. The authors then describe the diagnostic workup of the patient, the treatment options available, the likely outcome, and possible complications. Chapters also include useful decision making algorithms"--Provided by publisher.

Decision Making in Spinal Care; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributors; I Cervical Trauma; 1 Occipito-Atlantal Injuries; 2 C1 Ring Fractures; 3 Atlanto-Axial Instability; 4 Odontoid Fractures; 5 Traumatic Spondylolisthesis of the Axis (Hangman's Fracture); 6 Flexion-Compression Injuries of the Cervical Spine; 7 Cervical Distraction-Extension Injuries; 8 Cervical Facet Dislocations; 9 Cervicothoracic Fractures and Dislocations; 10 Facet Fractures; II Thoracolumbar Trauma; 11 Thoracic and Lumbar Vertebral Compression Fractures; 12 Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures.

13 Thoracolumbar Flexion-Distraction Injuries14 Thoracolumbar Fracture Dislocations; 15 Sacral Fractures; 16 Thoracolumbar Distraction-Extension Injuries; III Cervical Degenerative/Metabolic Disease; 17 Cervical Disk Degeneration; 18 Cervical Radiculopathy; 19 Cervical Myelopathy: Anterior Approach; 20 Cervical Myelopathy: Posterior Approach; 21 Cervical Kyphosis; 22 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament; 23 Cervical Whiplash; 24 Cervical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Injections and Procedures; IV Thoracic Degenerative/Metabolic Disease; 25 Ankylosing Spondylitis.

26 Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis27 Thoracic Disk Herniation; V Lumbar Degenerative/Metabolic Disease; 28 Lumbar Disk Disease and Low Back Pain; 29 Lumbar Radiculopathy; 30 Lumbar Spinal Stenosis; 31 Lumbar Degenerative Spondylolisthesis; 32 Degenerative Scoliosis; 33 Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis; 34 Failed Back Syndromes; 35 Lumbar Injections and Procedures; VI Scoliosis; 36 Congenital Scoliosis; 37 Infantile Scoliosis; 38 Juvenile Idiopathic Scoliosis; 39 Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis; 40 Neuromuscular Scoliosis; 41 Adult Scoliosis; VII Kyphosis; 42 Scheuermann Disease.

43 Post-Traumatic Thoracolumbar Kyphosis44 Corrective Osteotomies for Kyphosis; VIII Spondylolisthesis; 45 High-Grade Spondylolisthesis; IX Spinal Tumors; 46 Primary Spinal Tumors; 47 Metastatic Spinal Tumors; 48 Classification, Staging, and Management of Spinal Tumors; X Spinal Infections and Inflammatory Disease; 49 Pyogenic Infections of the Spine; 50 Atypical Infections of the Spine: Tuberculosis and Fungal; 51 Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Cervical Spine; XI Osteoporosis; 52 Medical Management of Spinal Osteoporosis; 53 Surgical Treatment of the Osteopenic Patient.

54 Vertebroplasty and KyphoplastyXII Minimally Invasive Surgery; 55 Minimally Invasive Anterior Cervical Approaches; 56 Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Approaches; 57 Thoracoscopy; 58 Lumbar Laparoscopy; 59 Posterior Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery; 60 Computer-Assisted Spinal Surgery; XIII Non-Fusion Techniques; 61 Percutaneous Discogenic Pain Treatment; 62 Cervical Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty; 63 Intervertebral Disk Arthroplasty of the Lumbar Spine; 64 Posterior Lumbar Non-Fusion Devices; XIV Spinal Imaging; 65 Imaging for Back Pain and Spinal Infection.

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