Do You Really Need Back Surgery?
A Surgeon's Guide to Neck and Back Pain and How to Choose Your Treatment
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 17 May 2007
- ISBN 9780195327083
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages352 pages
- Size 235x156x15 mm
- Weight 496 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 95 halftones & line illustrations 0
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Short description:
The first truly authoritative and accessible book written by an expert spinal surgeon for the general public. Discusses the impact of pain and disability and the exercises, therapies, and medications used to treat them. Guides the reader through details of spinal anatomy that every spinal patient should know to make informed decisions about treatment and possible surgery. With a detailed discussion of surgery including the risks, options, expectations for recovery, and even the
complexities of health insurance, this is the essential manual for every back pain sufferer.
Long description:
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 recognised 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 book discusses the details of spinal anatomy; explains the difference between acute, chronic, and recurring pain; shows how to keep the spine healthy; and defines such terms as spurs, stenosis, and slippage. It also reveals what clues your physician uses to predict whether a given type of pain
is likely to go away with rest and exercise, and which types may become emergencies. Dr. Filler discusses the risks of surgery, the decisions you may be faced with and what options you have, and your expectations for recovery. He provides detailed explanations of the wide array of spinal injections
and surgeries, including discectomies and fusions, as well as innovative procedures such as electrothermic and laser techniques and artificial disks. He explains the various medical imaging and diagnostic tests available and even covers the complexities of health insurance.
From Pilates to pedicle screws, and from osteoporosis to spina bifida, Do You Really Need Back Surgery? covers all the questions your doctor usually doesn't have the time to answer. Featuring more than 80 illustrations, it is an essential manual for every neck or back pain sufferer.
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Disclaimer
How to Use This Book: Two Dozen Visits to Your Doctor
Part I: 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 101: From Bones, Disks, and Joints to Mind, Muscles, and Nerves
Disks, Spurs, Stenosis, Slippage, and Osteoporosis
Spinal Symptoms: Where Does that 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
Part II: 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
