Surgical Care of the Painful Degenerative Lumbar Spine: Evaluation, Decision-Making, Techniques

This title reflects more than 35 years of neurosurgical practice devoted to refining degenerative spine disease evaluation and techniques.
It emphasizes and instructs a symptom-focused approach in the surgical decision-making process, with determinant radiographic features used mainly supportively.

The text begins with a thorough overview of anatomy, spino-pelvic and sagittal balance metrics, stabilization, and clinical evaluations. Throughout 11 chapters, step-by-step guidance is provided on therapeutic decision-making to achieve optimal individualized outcomes. From the fundamentals of open and minimally invasive techniques to the impact of socioeconomic factors on the treatment of PDLS patients, the authors offer invaluable firsthand insights.

Key Features:

• Discussion of techniques including en bloc laminectomy, the U-turn approach to root decompression, hemilaminectomy – a safe and versatile decompressive technique, and the lateral intra-muscular planar (LIMP) procedure
• The use of a descriptive clinical sub-classification system for low back pain and grading scale based on a simple

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Thieme Medical Publishers

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Weaver, Jr., Edgar N.

ISBN:

978-1-62-623806-0

Specialty:

• Surgery
• Otolaryngology

Language:

English

Edition:

1st Ed.

Pages:

152

Publication Year:

2018

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