Macnab's Backache, Fourth Edition is an enhancement and update of Ian Macnab's classic principles of spinal anatomy and pathology, which form the cornerstones of clinical evaluation and treatment of spinal disorders. This edition is geared to practitioners in a wide variety of specialties and emphasizes the initial evaluation and treatment of patients with back pain and/or sciatica.
The book thoroughly describes and illustrates the pathoanatomy of various spinal disorders and its correlation with clinical symptoms. Also included are chapters on history taking, examination of the back, differential diagnosis of low back pain, pain management, and a new chapter on injections.
Edition
4
ISBN/ISSN
9780781760850
Product Format
Hardcover Book
Trim Size
7 x 10
Pages
304
Illustration
485
Table
90
Edition
4
Publication Date
October 30, 2006
Weight
2.45
David A. Wong MD, MSc, FRCS(C)
Past President, North American Spine Society; Director, Advance Center for Spinal Microsurgery, Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO
Ensor Transfeldt MD
Musculoskeletal Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, and Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine
Classification of Low Back Pain and Alerts for Different Age Groups
Spondylogenic Back Pain: Osseous and Intervertebral Lesions
Spondylogenic Back Pain: Soft Tissue Lesions and Pain Mechanisms
Epidemiology and Natural History of Spondylogenic Backache
Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathies and Lesions of the Sacroiliac Joints
The History
Examination of the Back
Disc Degeneration without Root Irritation: Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain
Disc Degeneration with Root Irritation: Disc Ruptures
Disc Degeneration with Root Irritation: Spinal Stenosis
The Investigation
Differential Diagnosis of Low Back Pain
Injections
Pain
Complications and Failures of Spinal Surgery
--An enhancement and update of Ian Macnab's classic principles of spinal anatomy and pathology, which form the cornerstones of clinical evaluation and treatment of spinal disorders --This edition emphasizes initial evaluation and treatment of patients with back pain and/or sciatica, and is geared to practitioners in a wide range of specialties—general orthopaedics, neurosurgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, occupational medicine, and family practice --Thoroughly describes and illustrates the pathoanatomy of various spinal disorders and its correlation with clinical symptoms --Includes chapters on history taking, examination of the back, differential diagnosis of low back pain, pain management, and a new chapter on injections
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