| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 365 pages) : illustrations |
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Intervertebral Disk Diseases: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prophylaxis; Copyright; Contributors; Preface; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 History and Terminology; History; Pre-Christian Times; AD 1-1700; 1700-1900; From 1900 Onward; Terminology; Anatomy and Pathology; Clinical Syndromes; Summary; 3 Epidemiology; Lifetime Prevalence; Point and Annual Prevalence; Localization and Frequency; International Figures; Summary; 4 General Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomechanics; Development of the Intervertebral Disk; Anatomy; Ligaments; Fine Structure and Biochemistry; Biomechanics |
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Intervertebral Joint Pain (Facet Syndrome, Pseudoradicular Syndrome)Muscle Pain; Combined Types of Pain; Nociception and the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain; Physiology of Nociception in the Spine; Evolution of Chronic Pain; Temporal Course; Secondary Pain; Painful Syndromes; Therapeutic Approaches; Summary; Pharmacological Pain Therapy; Definition; Classification; Nonopioid Analgesics and Anti-inflammatories; Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs); Opioids; Muscle Relaxants; Anticonvulsants; Summary; 9 Cervical Syndrome; Definition and Prevalence |
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Prediscotic DeformitiesDefinition; Summary; 7 Traumatology; Etiologies and Types of Spinal Injury, and the Role of Pre-existing Degenerative Changes; Sprains of the Motion Segment; Isolated Traumatic Disk Rupture; Vertebral Body Fracture with Injury of the Intervertebral Disk; Summary; 8 Pain: Its Pathogenesis and the Evolutions of Chronic Pain; Local and Radiating Pain; Nerve Supply of the Spine; The Foramino-articular Region; Discogenic Pain; Spinal Deformities without Pain; Pain Arising from the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament; Radicular Pain |
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The Disk as an Osmotic SystemChanges of Intervertebral Disk Height; Traction and the Intervertebral Disk; Vibration and the Intervertebral Disk; Mechanical Functions of the Intervertebral Disks; The Disk and the Intervertebral Joints; Therapeutic Approaches; Summary; 5 Nondegenerative Disk Diseases; Developmental Disturbances; Notochord Remnants; Developmental Disturbances of the Vertebral Bodies and Intervertebral Disks in Childhood; Congenital Anomalies; Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders; Bacterial Infection of the Intervertebral Disk; Rheumatic Inflammation of the Intervertebral Disk |
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TumorsInvolvement of the Intervertebral Disks in Systemic Illness; Possible Reactions; Achondroplasia; Ochronosis (Alkaptonuria); Loss of Bone Density in the Vertebral Bodies; Disk Calcification and Ossification; Summary; 6 Discosis; Definition; Classification; Etiology; Pathogenesis; Biochemical Changes of Aging; Biomechanical Basis of Disk Tissue Displacement; Effects on the Osmotic System; Instability of the Motion Segment; Definition; Pathogenesis of Instability; Clinical Significance; Surgical Indications; Prognosis and Course of Discogenic Degenerative Instability |
| Summary |
The new edition of this book provides the current information on the diagnostic techniques and therapeutic approaches that will help clinicians optimize care for . |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Intervertebral disk -- Diseases.
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Intervertebral disk -- Surgery.
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Intervertebral Disc.
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Intervertebral Disc Displacement.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
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Spinal Diseases.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1282865226 |
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3131495618 (electronic bk.) |
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3135824039 |
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9781282865228 |
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9783131495617 (electronic bk.) |
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9783135824031 |
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