| Description |
1 online resource (429 pages) |
| Contents |
CONTENTS; 1. ANATOMY AND BIOMECHANICS OF THE SPINE AND SPINAL CORD; 2. CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF SPINAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; 3. PAIN OF SPINAL ORIGIN; 4. DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS OF THE SPINE; 5. EPIDURAL TUMORS; 6. INTRADURAL-EXTRAMEDULLARY AND INTRAMEDULLARY TUMORS AND VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; 7. LEPTOMENINGEAL METASTASES; 8. NONCOMPRESSIVE MYELOPATHIES; 9. INFECTIOUS AND NONINFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY DISEASES AFFECTING THE SPINE; 10. SYRINGOMYELIA AND SPINAL HEMORRHAGE; 11. SPINE TRAUMA, SPINAL CORD INJURY, AND SPINAL STABILITY; 12. MANAGEMENT OF THE SPINALLY IMPAIRED PATIENT; APPENDIX; INDEX |
| Summary |
Disorders of the spine, particularly spinal cord compression from both neoplastic and non-neoplastic disease, are common clinical problems. This book focuses on diagnosing spinal diseases, but also addresses neurosurgical therapy, developmental disorders of the spine and trauma, and biomechanics |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Spinal cord -- Diseases.
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Spine -- Diseases.
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Spinal Cord Diseases
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Spinal cord -- Diseases
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Spine -- Diseases
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Benzel, Edward C
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Waxman, Stephen G
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| ISBN |
9780198029694 |
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0198029691 |
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