Rothman-Simeone and Herkowitz's the spine / Steven R. Garfin, Frank J. Eismont, Gordon R. Bell, Jeffrey S. Fischgrund, Christopher M. Bono [editors].

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. Section 1: Basic science. Development of the spine -- Applied anatomy of the spine -- Architectural design and function of human back muscles -- Lumbar musculature: anatomy and function -- The intervertebral disc-normal, aging, pathologic (chemical-anatomic) -- Biomechanics of the spinal motion segment -- Sciatica and nerve root pain in disc herniation and spinal stenosis: a basic science review and clinical perspective -- Basic concepts in genetics and interverteral disc degeneration and scoliosis -- Twin studies relevance to genetic and environmental influences -- Outcomes research for spinal disorders -- Finite element modeling: an overview and clinical relevance -- Section 2: Diagnosis. The patient history and physical examination: cervical, thoracic and lumbar -- Spine imaging -- The electrodiagnostic examination -- Intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring of the spine -- Targeting "pain generators" -- Discography -- Section 3: Surgical anatomy and approaches. Cervical spine: surgical approaches -- Thoracic spine: surgical approaches -- Posterior-lateral approaches -- Lateral approaches -- Anatomy and non-operative results, pre-operative injections, RX -- SI joint surgery -- Outcomes perspectives -- Section 4: Pediatrics. Back pain in children and adolescents -- Congenital scoliosis -- Idiopathic scoliosis -- Neuromuscular scoliosis -- Thoracoscopic techniques -- Pediatric kyphosis: Scheurmann's disease and congenital deformity -- Spondyloysis and spondylolisthesis -- Cervical, thoracic and lumbar spinal trauma of the immature spine -- The immature spine and athletic injuries -- Congenital anomalies of the cervical spine -- Congenital anomalies of the spinal cord -- Section 5: Cervical degenerative disorders. Cervical spinal disorders associated with skeletal dysplasias and metabolic diseases -- Pathophysiology, natural history and clinical syndromes of cervical disc -- Medical myelopathies -- Nonoperative management of disc and degenerative disorders -- Surgical management of axial pain -- Cervical radioculopathy: surgical management -- Management cervical myelopathy: surgical management -- Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) -- Cervical disc replacement -- Section 6: Thoracic and lumbar disc disease. Thoracic disc disease: clinical and surgical management -- Lumbar disc disease: overview of clinical problem -- Lumbar disc herniations -- Annulus repair -- Lumbar disc degeneration: anterior lumbar interbody fusion, degeneration and disc/replacement -- Lumbar disc degeneration: posterior lumbar interbody fusion (anterior) -- Posterolateral & lateral corpectomies -- Dynamic stabilization: what's current, what's the potential.

v. 2. Section 7: Minimally invasive surgery. Rationale of MIS surgery -- Minimally invasive (posterior) surgical approaches to the spine -- MIS posterior lumbar instrumentation -- Mis posterior lumbar fusion techniques -- Endoscopic lumbar surgery -- Interspinous spacers -- MIS cervical surgery techniques -- Future direction in MIS spinal surgery -- Section 8: Spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis: pathophysiology, clinical diagnosis, differential diagnosis -- Nonoperative management of lumbar spinal stenosis -- Surgical management of lumbar spinal stenosis -- Degenerative spondyolisthesis -- Section 9: Spinal fusion and instrumentation. Techniques and complications of bone graft harvesting -- Principles of bone fusion -- Bone substitutes: basic science and clinical application -- Electrical stimulation of spinal fusion -- Cervical instrumentation: anterior and posterior -- Thoracic and lumbar instrumentation: anterior and posterior -- Section 10: Adult deformity. Isthmic spondylolisthesis -- Adult scoliosis -- Fixed sagittal imbalance -- Section 11: Spine trauma. Basic science of spinal cord injury -- Injuries of the upper cervical spine -- Injuries of the lower cervical spine -- Thoracic and lumbar spinal injuries -- Sacral fractures -- Acute treatment of patients with spinal cord injury -- Vertebral artery injuries associated with cervical spine trauma -- Spinal orthoses for traumatic and degenerative disease -- Spinal cord injury rehabilitation -- Section 12: Afflictions of the vertebrae. Arthritis disorders -- Surgical management of rheumatoid arthritis -- Ankylosing spondylitis -- Tumors of the spine -- Infections of the spine -- Metabolic bone disorders of the spine -- Osteoporosis: surgical strategies -- Section 13: Spinal cord. Intradural tumors -- Spinal intradural infections -- Vascular malformations of the spinal cord -- Vascular anatomy of the spine, imaging and endovascular treatment of spinal vascular diseases -- Syringomyelia -- Section 14: complications of spinal surgery. Intraoperative-postoperative nerve and spinal cord injuries -- Spinal dural injuries -- Vascular complications in spinal surgery -- Instrumentation complications -- Postoperative spinal infections -- Pseudarthrosis -- Transitional -- Failed back surgery syndrome -- Section 15: Failed surgery. Revision surgery -- Failed disc replacement -- Postoperative cervical deformity of the spine -- Arachnoidditis/epidural fibrosis -- Section 16: Chronic pain/rehabilitation. Chronic pain: the basic science -- Psychologic strategies for chronic pain -- Pharmacologic strategies in back pain and radiculopathy -- Physical therapy: the science -- Functional restoration -- Surgical procedures for the control of chronic pain.

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