CHAPTER 32 Vertebroplasty Amit S. Bhargava, Curtis W. Slipman SCREENING OF PATIENTS REFERRED FOR VERTEBROPLASTY Before considering vertebroplasty, one must perform a through history, physical examination, and review appropriate investigations…
CHAPTER 63 Rehabilitation Methods Anthony R. Cucuzzella, Julie Marley INTRODUCTION About two-thirds of all people will experience neck pain at some point in their lives.1 Diverse rehabilitation methods and techniques…
CHAPTER 91 Manipulation and Manual Methods John J. Triano INTRODUCTION Central axis pain is, perhaps, the core enigma of spine disorders. The diagnosis is one often made by exception and…
CHAPTER 25 Discography Richard Derby, Sang-Heon Lee, Byung-Jo Kim INTRODUCTION Discography was developed in the late 1940s for diagnosing lumbar intervertebral disc herniation.1,2 In contemporary practice, discography refers to provocation…
CHAPTER 41 Primary Tumors Jesse T. Torbert, Harish S. Hosalkar, Kingsley R. Chin, Edward J. Fox, Carol A. Dolinskas, Richard Daniels, Richard D. Lackman INTRODUCTION Primary tumors of the spine…
CHAPTER 94 Lumbar Provocation Discography: Clinical Relevance, Sensitivity, Specificity, and Controversies Michael B. Furman, William A. Ante, Ryan S. Reeves INTRODUCTION Lumbar provocation discography is a commonly used diagnostic procedure…
CHAPTER 79 Physical Examination of the Lumbar Spine Scott F. Nadler*, INTRODUCTION Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common disorders in the industrialized world1–4 and it is…
CHAPTER 60 Surgery for Cervical Radicular Pain Frederick A. Simeone INTRODUCTION Historical notes The first recognized case of cervical radiculitis caused by herniation of the nucleus pulposus was operated on…
CHAPTER 26 IDET Technique Daniel Southern, Gregory E. Lutz INTRODUCTION Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET) is a recently proposed and investigated treatment for intractable discogenic pain. There is good evidence that…
CHAPTER 97 Surgical Treatment of Axial Back Pain James Zucherman, Vikram Parmar, Ken Hsu, Matthew Hannibal INTRODUCTION Severe axial back pain represents one of the most challenging problems in spine…
