CHAPTER 31 Intrathecal Therapies and Totally Implantable Drug Delivery Systems Mouchir Harb, Elliot S. Krames INTRODUCTION The discovery of opioid receptors in 19711 and their subsequent isolation in nerve tissue…
CHAPTER 49 Biomechanics and Assessment of the Painful Shoulder Mark I. Ellen, Faisel M. Zaman INTRODUCTION During the routine assessment and treatment of ‘neck pain’ the physician treating spinal disorders…
CHAPTER 131 Disc Replacement Richard D. Guyer, Donna D. Ohnmeiss INTRODUCTION Maintaining motion has long been the quest in the treatment of painful spinal disorders. Movement of the neck and…
CHAPTER 84 Percutaneous Discectomy Conor W. O’Neill, John Carrino, Cynthia Chin INTRODUCTION Percutaneous discectomy is a method for treating disc herniations. There are two basic types of percutaneous discectomy: selective…
CHAPTER 89 Lumbar Axial Pain – An Algorithmic Methodology Jason S. Lipetz INTRODUCTION Promoting an algorithmic approach to the patient with lumbar axial pain may at first appear paradoxical. Algorithms…
CHAPTER 85 Percutaneous Disc Decompression Curtis W. Slipman, Klaus Birnbaum, Victor W. Isaac INTRODUCTION An increase in intradiscal pressure resulting from age, disease, or injury may alter the balance between…
CHAPTER 77 The Lumbar Degenerative Disc Christopher T. Plastaras, Gwendolyn A. Sowa, Brad Sorosky INTRODUCTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Lumbar degenerative disc disease is an ubiquitous process that occurs in most humans….
CHAPTER 73 Injection Procedures Jan Slezak, Milan P. Stojanovic INTRODUCTION Perhaps because of a reduced potential for injury, the prevalence of painful disorders of the thoracic spine is significantly less…
CHAPTER 72 Thoracic Spinal Pain Madhuri Are, Allen W. Burton INTRODUCTION Disorders of the thoracic spine are as disabling as those in the cervical and lumbar spine and therefore deserve…
CHAPTER 105 Postoperative Pseudomeningocele, Hematoma, and Seroma Kenny S. David, Raj D. Rao, Jeffrey S. Fischgrund PSEUDOMENINGOCELE A pseudomeningocele is an extradural collection of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that has extravasated…
