Macnab's backache / David A. Wong, Ensor Transfeldt.

Author/creator Wong, David A.
Other author Transfeldt, Ensor.
Other author Macnab, Ian.
Other author McCulloch, John A.
Format Book
Edition4th ed.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2007.
Descriptionxiii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects

Portion of title Backache
Contents 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 backache : 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 canal stenosis -- The investigation -- Differential diagnosis of low back pain -- Injections -- Pain -- Complications and failures of spinal surgery.
General noteRev. ed. of: Macnab's backache / John McCulloch, Ensor Transfeldt.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006029187
ISBN0781760852 :
ISBN158255949X
ISBN9780781760850