Spine Disorders: Medical and Surgical

An essential, one-stop reference guide to the evaluation and treatment of patients with cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine disease. Based on a course taught by these highly respected authors at the American Academy of Neurology's Annual Meeting, this volume gives concise descriptions of the anatomy of spine conditions; neurologic and physical findings; advice on diagnostic tests and when to order them; and medical and surgical treatment options. Commonly performed spinal procedures are also described, including the rapidly changing field of minimally invasive surgery. Pitfalls of evaluating and treating spine patients are highlighted, along with advice on how to approach the patient who does not improve or worsens after spine surgery. Spine Disorders: Medical and Surgical Management is an essential purchase for all practitioners in this field.

J. D. Bartieson MD is Associate Professor and consultant in the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. H. Gordon Deen MD is Professor and Consultant in the Department of Neurosurgery, Mayo clinic Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
The cervical level	p. 33
The thoracic level	p. 49
The lumbar level	p. 61
Diagnostic testing in the patient with spine and limb pain	p. 89
When and to whom to refer your patients for spine surgery	p. 108
What to do when the patient has persistent or new symptoms following surgery	p. 118
Spinal imaging and diagnostic tests: considerations for surgical diagnosis and pre-operative planning	p. 134
Disorders of the cervical spine: pre-operative assessment and surgical management	p. 144
Disorders of the thoracic spine: pre-operative assessment and surgical management	p. 178
Disorders of the lumbar spine: pre-operative assessment and surgical management	p. 202
Minimally invasive spine surgery	p. 229
New technology in spine surgery	p. 241
Medical management of the spine surgery patient: pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative considerations	p. 257
Appendix: Please don't make my mistakes	p. 265
Glossary	p. 273
Index	p. 280
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