
Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques
Spine and Peripheral Nerves
- 1,048 pages
- English
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Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques
Spine and Peripheral Nerves
About this book
Winner of Association of American Publishers Best Book in Clinical Medicine, 2006Highly Commended in Surgery by British Medical Association, 2007Here is complete coverage of state-of-the-art surgical techniques for the spine and peripheral nerves. This atlas engages the full range of approaches -- anterior, antero-lateral, posterior, and postero-lateral -- for operations on peripheral nerves and in every area of the spine. Each of the seven sections of the atlas opens with in-depth discussion of pathology, etiology and differential diagnosis conveying the underlying scientific principles of diseases and conditions of the spine and peripheral nerves. The authors then present technique-oriented chapters containing step-by-step descriptions of surgical procedures. These chapters delineate the goals, indications, contraindications, anesthesia considerations, positions, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each technique in a concise manner, ideal for the busy practitioner seeking review. Lavishly illustrated with more than 1, 200 images, including 811 beautiful full color drawings, this authoritative text covers all of the critical issues involved in surgeries for the spine and peripheral nerves. Here is an invaluable asset to neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons and residents seeking a carefully edited, didactic atlas.
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Table of contents
- Atlas of Neurosurgical Techniques: Spine and Peripheral Nerves
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Section I. Occipitocervical Junction
- Section II. Midcervical Spine
- Section III: Cervicothoracic Junction
- Section IV. Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Spine
- Section V. Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine
- Section VI. Minimally Invasive Spine Procedures
- Section VII. Peripheral Nerve
- Index