CHAPTER 13 Steroids in Spine Interventions Omar El Abd Corticosteroids currently constitute the cornerstone of spinal injections for management of painful inflammatory conditions unresponsive to oral treatment. Steroids are potent…
CHAPTER 88 Postoperative Rehabilitation Raymond W.J.G. Ostelo, Katrien Bartholomeeusen INTRODUCTION Patients with intractable lumbar radiculopathy, due to a lumbar disc herniation, require surgery. Lumbar discectomy is the standard of care….
CHAPTER 14 Opioid Analgesics Jerome Schofferman, S. Ali Mostoufi The use of opioid analgesics is an important part of the practice of pain medicine. Most physicians who treat chronic low…
CHAPTER 103 Failed Back Surgery Jerome Schofferman Failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a non-specific term that implies the final outcome of surgery did not meet the expectations of both…
CHAPTER 68 Fusion Surgery for Axial Neck Pain Timothy A. Garvey INTRODUCTION For those suffering from cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy, there is little debate that an anterior cervical discectomy and…
CHAPTER 76 Medical Causes of Low Back Pain Stefano Negrini, Donatella Bonaiuti, Marco Monticone, Carlo Trevisan INTRODUCTION Pain arising in the lumbar region of the spine can be due to…
CHAPTER 53 Pathophysiologic Evidence of Injury Nikolai Bogduk Imaging is the conventional approach to finding evidence of injury. When major trauma to the neck results in fractures or dislocations, these…
CHAPTER 109 Spinal Ablative Techniques for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Conditions Julius Fernandez, Claudio A. Feler INTRODUCTION The interruption of pathways of the nervous system concerned with pain is…
CHAPTER 122 Epidemiology of Back Pain in Pregnancy Per O.J. Kristiansson INTRODUCTION Low back pain is an important and commonly occurring public health problem with high impact to the person,…
CHAPTER 127 Epidemiology of Injuries Mark D. Tyburski, Joel M. Press INTRODUCTION Back pain is one of the most common reasons patients seek medical care. Low back pain is the…
