Manipulation and Manual Methods
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…
Discography
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…
Primary Tumors
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…
Lumbar Provocation Discography: Clinical Relevance, Sensitivity, Specificity, and Controversies
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…
Physical Examination of the Lumbar Spine
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…
Surgery for Cervical Radicular Pain
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…
IDET Technique
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…
Surgical Treatment of Axial Back Pain
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…
Surgical Decompression for Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
CHAPTER 86 Surgical Decompression for Herniated Nucleus Pulposus Rick B. Delamarter, Ben B. Pradhan INTRODUCTION Lumbar herniated nucleus pulposus (HNP) falls within the spectrum of degenerative spinal conditions, and can…
Injection Procedures
CHAPTER 92 Injection Procedures Rajeev K. Patel, Clifford R. Everett BACKGROUND The natural history of low back pain has been reported to be quite favorable in some studies and is…
