Do you really need back surgery? : a surgeon's guide to neck and back pain and how to choose your treatment /

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Most people have back surgery to relieve pain, but all too often it doesn't help. For the half million people who undergo back surgery each year, and the additional million who are seriously contemplating it, Do You Really Need Back Surgery? is a godsend - an informed, reliable guide to when yo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Filler, Aaron G., 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Spine > Diseases > Treatment.
Spine > Wounds and injuries > Treatment.
Neck > Diseases > Treatment.
Patient education.
Patient Education as Topic
Colonne vertébrale > Maladies > Traitement.
Cou > Maladies > Traitement.
Éducation des patients.
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
Patient education
Spine > Diseases > Treatment
Spine > Wounds and injuries > Treatment
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / J. Patrick Johnson, MD
  • How to Use This Book: Two Dozen Visits to Your Doctor
  • Spine Health
  • Acute, Chronic, and Recurring: A Quick Tour of Neck and Back Pain
  • The Nature of Pain and How It Is Treated
  • Keeping the Spine Healthy: Ergonomics for Life
  • Renewal without Surgery: Schools of Therapy
  • Anatomy 101: From Bones, Disks, and Joints to Mind, Muscles, and Nerves
  • Disks, Spurs, Stenosis, Slippage, and Osteoporosis
  • Spinal Symptoms: Where Does That Pain Come From?
  • Accidents of the Embryo: Spina Bifida and Variations at Birth
  • Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Tests: X-rays, Electrons, and Magnetic Spin
  • Recovery and Repair in the Nerves and Spinal Cord
  • Spine Surgery
  • Without an Incision: Percutaneous Procedures for Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Surgery--Before, During, and After: Common Elements You Should Know About
  • Surgery to Take Pressure off the Nerves
  • Surgery Inside the Spinal Dural Lining
  • Spine Carpentry: History and Principles of Rebuilding the Broken Spine
  • Fixing the Cervical Spine: Surgical Approaches for the Neck
  • Thoracic Spine Operations: Surgical Approaches to Mid- and Upper-Back Problems
  • Lumbar Implants and Fusion: Major Surgeries for the Low Back
  • Genes, Designer Proteins, and Biomaterials: The Role of Biotechnology in Spinal Surgery
  • Risks, Outcomes, and Choices
  • Recovery after Surgery
  • Health Insurance and the Cost of Surgery
  • Epilogue: Knowledge and Resilience.

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