CHAPTER 112 Functional Restoration Program Characteristics in Chronic Pain Tertiary Rehabilitation Tom G. Mayer INTRODUCTION After most surgical and nonoperative primary and secondary treatment approaches have been exhausted, the majority…
CHAPTER 44 Vertebroplasty Michael J. DePalma, Curtis W. Slipman OVERVIEW Fracture of the intervertebral body represents structural failure of its osseous components, causing compression deformity.1 Although compression fractures can be…
CHAPTER 21 Radiation Safety – Theory and Practical Concerns Robert E. Windsor, Mathew Michaels INTRODUCTION Interventional pain management and spinal diagnostic procedures may require substantial amounts of ionizing radiation and…
CHAPTER 31 Intrathecal Therapies and Totally Implantable Drug Delivery Systems Mouchir Harb, Elliot S. Krames INTRODUCTION The discovery of opioid receptors in 19711 and their subsequent isolation in nerve tissue…
CHAPTER 131 Disc Replacement Richard D. Guyer, Donna D. Ohnmeiss INTRODUCTION Maintaining motion has long been the quest in the treatment of painful spinal disorders. Movement of the neck and…
CHAPTER 49 Biomechanics and Assessment of the Painful Shoulder Mark I. Ellen, Faisel M. Zaman INTRODUCTION During the routine assessment and treatment of ‘neck pain’ the physician treating spinal disorders…
CHAPTER 84 Percutaneous Discectomy Conor W. O’Neill, John Carrino, Cynthia Chin INTRODUCTION Percutaneous discectomy is a method for treating disc herniations. There are two basic types of percutaneous discectomy: selective…
CHAPTER 85 Percutaneous Disc Decompression Curtis W. Slipman, Klaus Birnbaum, Victor W. Isaac INTRODUCTION An increase in intradiscal pressure resulting from age, disease, or injury may alter the balance between…
CHAPTER 89 Lumbar Axial Pain – An Algorithmic Methodology Jason S. Lipetz INTRODUCTION Promoting an algorithmic approach to the patient with lumbar axial pain may at first appear paradoxical. Algorithms…
CHAPTER 77 The Lumbar Degenerative Disc Christopher T. Plastaras, Gwendolyn A. Sowa, Brad Sorosky INTRODUCTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY Lumbar degenerative disc disease is an ubiquitous process that occurs in most humans….
