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 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…
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 116 Therapeutic Injections and Radiofrequency Denervation Way Yin INTRODUCTION For more than 70 years, the sacroiliac joint complex has been implicated as a significant and discreet structural source of…
CHAPTER 104 Neural Scarring David W. Chow INTRODUCTION Of the myriad causes of failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), neural scarring has been reported to be the cause of failed back…
CHAPTER 30 Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain Management Implantation Techniques Giancarlo Barolat INTRODUCTION The fact that electricity might beneficially affect painful conditions has been known since antiquity.1–4 Spinal cord…
CHAPTER 132 Fusion – Minimally Invasive Techniques Hoang Le, Issada Thongtrangan, Daniel H. Kim INTRODUCTION Minimally invasive spinal surgery strives to achieve the goals of surgery while minimizing the iatrogenic…
