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Do You Really Need Back Surgery? : A Surgeon's Guide to Neck and Back Pain and How to Choose Yo...
ISBN: 9780195327083 | 019532708X
Edition: ReprintFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 5/18/2007
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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 you should consider surgery and when you should not. Written by an internationally recognized expert in nerve and spinal surgery, this highly readable guide covers everything back patients need to know to make informed decisions about their treatment. The bo... MORE
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Disclaimer | |
| 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 ... MORE | |
| Disks, Spurs, Stenosis, Slippage, and Osteoporosis | |
| Spinal Symptoms: Where Does the 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 the 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 | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Aaron G. Filler, MD, Ph.D. is one of the world's leading authorities on nerve and spinal surgery. He is Medical Director of both the Institute for Nerve Medicine and the Center for Advanced Spinal Neurosurgery, and is an Associate of the Institute for Spinal Disorders, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, California.
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