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Wong, David A.

Macnab's backache - 4th ed. - Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2007 - xiii, 430 p. ill. ;

Rev. ed. of: Macnab's backache / John McCulloch, Ensor Transfeldt.

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.

ISBN: 9780781760850 (hbk.) 0781760852 (hbk.) 9781582559490 158255949X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Backache.
Low Back Pain.

Subjects--Facted Index Terms:
Orthopedics

Dewey Class. No.: 617.3 / WON