Research Catalog

Title

Lumbar disc herniation / edited by Robert Gunzburg, Marek Szpalski.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, [2002], ©2002.

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Additional Authors

• Gunzburg, Robert.
• Szpalski, Marek.

Description

xiii, 300 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subject

• Intervertebral Disc Displacement > pathology
• Intervertebral Disc Displacement > therapy
• Intervertebral disk > Hernia
• Lumbar Vertebrae > pathology
• Lumbar vertebrae > Wounds and injuries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Disc Biomechanics and Herniation / Malcolm H. Pope -- 2. The Physiology of the Intervertebral Disc / Jill P. G. Urban -- 3. Disc Herniation and Sciatica: The Basic Science Platform / Kjell Olmarker and Bjorn Rydevik -- 4. Schmorl's Nodes: Are They Herniations? / J. Assheuer -- 5. Intervertebral Disc Herniation in Children / Federico Balague and Andre J. Kaelin -- 6. Intervertebral Disc Herniation in Adolescents / Dietrich Schlenzka -- 7. Physiologic Aging of the Intervertebral Disc and Herniation in the Adult / Gunnar B. J. Andersson -- 8. Aging and Degeneration: Cause and Effect of Intervertebral Disc Damage? / Keita Ito, Max Aebi and Mauro Alini -- 9. The Natural History of Lumbar Disc Herniation / Michael Benoist -- 10. Silent Disc Herniation: Truth or Myth? / Norbert Boos -- 11. The Clinical Presentation of Degenerative Disc Disease / Gordon Findlay -- 12. Recurrent Disc Herniation / Henry V. Crock and M. Carmel Crock --
• 13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Examination for Degenerative Disease of the Lumbar Spine / J. Assheuer -- 14. Neurophysiologic Tests in Diagnosis of Nerve Root Compression / Jiri Dvorak -- 15. Importance of Sensitivity and Specificity of Diagnostic Tests / Bjorn Rydevik and Helena Brisby -- 16. Physical Medicine: Traction, Exercise, and Revalidation / Margareta Nordin and Marco Campello -- 17. Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial of Chemonucleolysis and Manipulation in the Treatment of Symptomatic Lumbar Disc Herniation / A. Kim Burton, K. Malcolm Tillotson and John Cleary -- 18. Chemonucleolysis / Robert Deutman -- 19. Neuromodulation in Failed Back Surgery: A Neurosurgical Overview / L. E. Augustinsson -- 20. General Principles: When to Operate / Michael Sullivan -- 21. Disc Herniation: Are Recent Surgical Developments Also Recent Advances? / Gordon Waddell and Alastair Gibson -- 22. The Reduction of Peridural Fibrosis / Nick Boeree --
• 23. Microscopic Surgery Versus Classic Approaches / Bjorn Rydevik and Bengt Lind -- 24. Lumbar Posterior Endoscopic Microdiscectomy: Indications, Technique, and Midterm Results of the First 100 Consecutive Patients / M. Brayda-Bruno -- 25. Sole Discectomy After Lumbar Disc Herniation: Is It Always a Sufficient Treatment? New Aspects by a Dynamic Neutralization System / Dieter Adelt -- 26. Soft Hardware for the Spine: OptiMesh - A Preview of Some Novel Tools and Methods for Manipulating and Stabilizing Bone Graft and Bone Graft Substitutes / Stephen D. Kuslich -- 27. Prosthetic Disc Nucleus Implants: An Update / Charles D. Ray, Barton L. Sachs and Britt K. Norton / [et al.] -- 28. Indications for Disc Replacement Following Lumbar Discectomy / Thierry David -- 29. What Is Failed Back Surgery? How Do We Treat? / Gordon Waddell -- 30. Principles of Quality Assessment / Christian Melot --
• 31. Prediction of Results in Lumbar Disc Herniation / Federico Balague, Ali Sheikhzadeh and Margareta Nordin -- 32. Epidemiology, Fitness for Work, and Costs / Marc Du Bois and Peter Donceel -- 33. The Technique of Local and Regional Anesthesia for Lumbar Disc Surgery / Stephen D. Kuslich -- 34. Outpatient Logistics and Day-Case Discectomy / C. G. Greenough -- 35. Outcome Measurements and Different Languages: An Introduction / Margareta Nordin.

ISBN

0781736005

LCCN

2001038454

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries