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…
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…
Surgery for Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome
CHAPTER 117 Surgery for Sacroiliac Joint Syndrome Michael R. Moore INTRODUCTION Surgical treatment for sacroiliac pain can be considered when other therapeutic options have failed, and when the patient’s symptoms…
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…
Endoscopic Discectomy and Foraminal Decompression
CHAPTER 133 Endoscopic Discectomy and Foraminal Decompression Anthony T. Yeung, Christopher Alan Yeung INTRODUCTION Endoscopic disc surgery is evolving rapidly because of improvements in surgical technique, endoscope design, adjunctive surgical…
Cervical Instability
CHAPTER 51 Cervical Instability W.W. Lu, C.Y. Wen, G.X. Qiu, K.D.K. Luk INTRODUCTION The definition of spinal instability has been a subject of considerable debate for decades, even among experts….
Surgical Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy
CHAPTER 70 Surgical Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy David H. Kim, Alexander R. Vaccaro INTRODUCTION This chapter will review current concepts regarding surgical planning, technique, and perioperative management for patients with…
Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty
CHAPTER 96 Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty Peter C. Gerszten, William C. Welch INTRODUCTION Spine specialists have been frustrated by the lack of effective treatments for chronic low back pain. The intervertebral…
