ABSTRACT

The causes of back pain, the most common of all consultations, vary enormously, therefore making accurate diagnosis especially important. Written by a team of highly regarded scientists with a vast experience of the subject, An Atlas of Back Pain not only explains how to determine the underlying causes of your patients' conditions but also describes the various treatment options available.

This color atlas provides you with an easily accessible guide to all aspects of back pain and its differential diagnosis. Richly illustrated, it contains more than 130 X-rays, CT scans, MRI images, and color pictures of both pathology and surgery. It provides supportive text that expertly describes the techniques and procedures and detailed captions for each illustration that enhance the book's value as an atlas-text for teaching, residency training, and clinical practice. These features and more make An Atlas of Back Pain the resource you will reach for when you need information fast.

INTRODUCTION. Epidemiology. Work Related Back Pain. Pathology and Back Pain. Physiology of Back Pain. NORMAL SPINAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. The Body Vertebrae. The Invertebral Disc. The Posterior Facets. The Spinal Ligaments and Muscles. The Nerve Roots. SPINAL DEGENERATION. The Intervertebral Disc. The Posterior Facets. Imaging of Degenerative Changes. ACUTE TRAUMA. Disc Herniation. Compression. CHRONIC PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES. Spinal Stenosis. Muscle Atrophy. SPINAL DEFORMITY. Spondylolysis. Isthmic Spondylolisthesis. Degenerative Spondylolisthesis. Scoliosis. Inflammatory Diseases. SPACE OCCUPYING AND DESTRUCTIVE LESIONS. Spinal Tumors. Spinal Infections. Arachnoiditis. SPINAL SURGERY.