Research Catalog

Title

Vertebral osteoporotic compression fractures / editors, Marek Szpalski, Robert Gunzburg.

Publication

Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gunzburg, Robert.
• Szpalski, Marek.

Description

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

• Spinal Cord Compression > therapy
• Spinal Fractures > etiology
• Spinal cord compression
• Spine > Fractures
• Spinal Cord Compression > etiology
• Spinal Fractures > therapy
• Osteoporosis > complications
• Osteoporosis > Complications

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Clinical Implications of Recent Advances in the Biology and Physiology of Bone / Dirk W. Sommerfeldt, Michael Hadjiargyrou, Janet Rubin and Clinton T. Rubin -- 2. Biomechanics of Compression Fractures / Malcolm H. Pope -- 3. Biomechanics and Physiology of Fragile Vertebrae / Tommy Hansson -- 4. Modeling of Bone Damage and Fracture in Osteoporosis / Tony S. Keller, Victor Kosmopoulos and Michael A. K. Liebschner -- 5. Analysis of the Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Vertebral Compression Fractures / Angelo A. Licata -- 6. Natural History / Federico Balague, Sieglinde Major Schumacher and Jean Dudler -- 7. Clinical Presentation and Differential Diagnosis / Bjorn Rydevik and Helena Brisby -- 8. Consequences of Kyphotic Deformity / Stephen Eisenstein -- 9. Mechanisms of Pain in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture / Charles E. Pither -- 10. Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures: Neurological Complications / Michel Benoist --
• 11. Assessment of Vertebral Osteoporosis / John A. Kanis, Anders Oden, Olof Johnell and Chris De Laet -- 12. Imaging and Differential Diagnosis of Vertebral Compression Fractures / Jan T. Wilmink -- 13. Initial Assessment and Emergency Room Attitude in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures / Philippe Gillet -- 14. Basis for Pharmacological Treatment / Olof Johnell and John A. Kanis -- 15. Pharmacological Management of Osteoporosis / Veronique Halkin and Jean-Yves Reginster -- 16. Osteoporosis, Physical Activity, Exercise, and Recommendations / Angela Maria Lis and Margareta Nordin -- 17. Vertebral Compression Fractures and Orthoses / Bart W. Koes -- 18. Pain Clinic Treatments / Charles E. Pither -- 19. The Clinical Use of Cortoss Synthetic Bone Void Filler in the Repair of Fractures in the Vertebral Body / Jean Palussiere, Jerome Berge, Afshin Gangi and Herve Deramond --
• 20. Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures / Isador H. Lieberman -- 21. Vertebroplasty and Use of Methylmethacrylate / Norbert Passuti and Joel Delecrin -- 22. Percutaneous Injection of Cortoss Synthetic Bone Void Filler in the Repair of Fractures in the Vertebral Body / Marek Szpalski, Robert Gunzburg and Herve Deramond -- 23. Treatment of Severe Osteoporotic Fractures through a Microsurgical Interlaminary Approach / Bronek M. Boszczyk, Michael Bierschneider, Bjorn Robert and Hans Jaksche -- 24. Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: What Can We Learn from the Bad Results? / G. Michael Hess and H. Michael Mayer -- 25. Toward a Safer Method of Vertebroplasty: Elevation and Stabilization of Vertebral Compression Fractures with a Novel, Inflatable, Implantable, Minimally Porous Mesh Container / Stephen D. Kuslich --
• 26. Vertebroplasty: The Value of Prophylactic Augmentation / Paul F. Heini -- 27. When to Operate? / Stephen Eisenstein -- 28. Osteoporotic Thoracolumbar Fractures: When Is Surgery Indicated? / Luc Vanden Berghe -- 29. Augmentation of Pedicle Screws with Calcium Apatite Cement / Paul I. J. M. Wuisman -- 30. Vertebrectomy and Vertebral Reconstruction / Everard A. Munting -- 31. Principles of Cost/Benefit Ratios / Christian Melot -- 32. Cost Analysis of Medical and Surgical Treatment of Vertebral Fractures / Angelo A. Licata.

ISBN

0781742625

LCCN

2002030192

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries