CHAPTER 78 Biomechanics of the Intervertebral Disc Dawn M. Elliott, Chandra S. Yerramalli, Joshua D. Auerbach INTRODUCTION: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF DISC The intervertebral disc separates the rigid vertebral bodies…
CHAPTER 107 Spinal Cord Stimulation in Chronic Pain Robert E. Windsor, Markus Niederwanger, Steven Lobel INTRODUCTION Since the first published paper on spinal cord stimulation (SCS) by Shealy in 1967…
CHAPTER 71 Developmental and Functional Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine Venu Akuthota, John Tobey The thoracic spine has long been treated as the ugly stepsister of the cervical and lumbar…
CHAPTER 126 On-the-field Assessment of the Cervical Spine-Injured Athlete Jonathan A. Drezner INTRODUCTION Physicians caring for athletes during sports competition must be prepared to evaluate and treat injuries to the…
CHAPTER 12 Pharmacology of Local Anesthetic Agents Tom Edrich, Kamen Vlassakov, Peter Gerner INTRODUCTION The development of general and, in particular, local anesthetics (LAs), required both socioeconomic and cultural changes,…
CHAPTER 120 Coccydynia Jean-Yves Maigne INTRODUCTION Although coccygeal pain was first described in relation to a fracture by sixteenth-century French surgeon Ambroise Paré, the term coccydynia was not introduced until…
CHAPTER 82 An Algorithmic Methodology Michael J. DePalma, Curtis W. Slipman Lumbosacral radiculopathy is defined as the neurophysiologic dysfunction of the nerve roots affecting both motor and sensory fibers in…
CHAPTER 33 Kyphoplasty Technique Amir H. Fayyazi, Frank M. Phillips INTRODUCTION Pathologic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are a leading cause of disability and morbidity in patients with osteoporosis, multiple myeloma,…
CHAPTER 128 Acute Intervention and Return to Play Wesley Smeal, Joel Press INTRODUCTION As a team physician, one has an opportunity to work with and treat athletes. Being a team…
CHAPTER 61 Surgical Decompression for Foraminal Stenosis Mark A. Knaub, Douglas S. Won, Harry N. Herkowitz INTRODUCTION Cervical spondylosis is a common, occasionally disabling condition that occurs as a consequence…
