Lumbar spine disorders : current concepts / editors, R.M. Aspden & R.W. Porter
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1995
Information About
This collection of papers on disorders of the lumbar spine consists of contributions from around the UK from those who have done valuable research in this area. They come from many disciplines, basic scientists, physicians and surgeons, to share the results of their research on the most common of medical disorders.
Additional Details
- Title
- Lumbar spine disorders : current concepts / editors, R.M. Aspden & R.W. Porter
- Subject
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- Lumbar vertebrae--Diseases
- Backache
- Publisher
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- World Scientific, 1995
- National Library Board Singapore, 1995
- Contributors
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- Aspden, R. M. (Richard M.)
- Porter, R. W. (Richard William)
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Table of Contents
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- proteoglycan biochemistry -- ch. 7. The effect of mechanical stress on cellular activity in the intervertebral disc -- ch. 8. The microanatomy of intervertebral tissues in the normal and scoliotic spine -- ch. 9. Neuropeptides in the lumbar spine -- ch. 10. Growth and development of the lumbar vertebral canal -- ch. 11. Pathological changes contributing to back pain and sciatica -- ch. 12. Measurement of vertebral blood flow and its significance in disc disease -- ch. 13. The pathophysiology of neurogenic claudication -- ch. 14. The role of vascular damage in the development of nerve root problems -- ch. 15. The assessment of the patient with low back pain -- ch. 16. Fear-avoidance: the natural history of back pain and its management -- ch. 17. Chemonucleolysis -- ch. 18. Experience with chemonucleolysis -- ch. 19. Lumbo-sacral and spondylo-pelvic arthrodesis -- ch. 20. Radical resection of vertebral body tumours: a surgical technique used in ten cases -- ch. 21. Costs and effectiveness: approaches to the management of back pain -- index.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.