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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819904503321

Autore

An Howard S

Titolo

Synopsis of spine surgery / / by: An, Howard S., Singh, Kern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] : , : Thieme, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-62623-031-5

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Disciplina

617.56059

Soggetti

Spine - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Anatomy and surgical approaches -- History and physical examination -- Radiographic anatomy -- Spinal imaging and diagnostic tests -- Intraoperative neuromonitoring -- Biomechanics of the spine and spinal instrumentation -- Physiology of bone healing and fusion -- Bone grafts, substitutes, and biologics -- Evaluation and management of spinal cord injury -- Cervical spine trauma -- Thoracolumbar spine fractures -- Spinal rehabilitation and disability evaluation -- Biochemical aspects of intervertebral disk degeneration -- Degenerative cervical spine disorders -- Degenerative thoracic spine conditions -- Lumbar disk disease: pathogenesis and treatment options -- Surgical management of lumbar degenerative disk disease -- Lumbar spinal stenosis -- Lumbar spondylolisthesis -- Adult spinal deformity -- Pediatric spinal deformity -- Pediatric cervical spine disorders -- Spinal tumors -- Spinal infections -- Rheumatoid arthritis -- Seronegative spondyloarthropathies.