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Do You Really Need Back Surgery?: A Surgeon's Guide to Neck and Back Pain and How to Choose Your Treatment

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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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?, Second Edition, is a godsend--an informed, reliable guide to when you should consider surgery and when you should not. Written by an internationally recognized 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. The new and extensively revised edition of this book is expanded to cover the impact of dozens of new advanced technologies in spinal diagnostics and treatment that have emerged in the eight years since the original very successful edition. Advances in new types of pain medications and new types of surgeries that minimize recovery time and achieve better outcomes are explained. In addition, this book examines the problems in the case of a few new devices in spinal surgery where money from medical device manufacturers has led to distorted research that had to be withdrawn. A major change from the previous edition is the inclusion of two chapters that describe a series of different nerve entrapment syndromes that can cause headache, neck, shoulder and arm pain as well as causing buttock and leg pain - but are not caused by spine problems. This includes information about piriformis syndrome causing sciatic, thoracic outlet syndrome causing shoulder and neck pain and about pudendal nerve entrapments causing groin and pelvis pains. From Pilates to pedicle screws, and from osteoporosis to spina bifida, Do You Really Need Back Surgery?, Second Edition, covers all the questions your doctor usually doesn't have the time to answer. Featuring almost 100 illustrations, it is an essential manual for every neck or back pain sufferer.

Table of Contents:
Part I: Spine & Nerve Health 1. Acute, Chronic & Recurring: A Quick Tour of Neck & Back Pain 2. The Nature of Pain and How It Is Treated 3. Keeping the Spine Healthy: Ergonomics for Life 4. Renewal Without Surgery: Schools of Therapy 5. Anatomy 101: From Bones, Disks and Joints to Mind, Muscles and Nerves 6. Disks, Spurs, Stenosis, Slippage and Osteoporosis 7. Spinal Symptoms: Where Does That Pain Come From? 8. Accidents of the Embryo: Spina Bifida & Variations at Birth 9. Patterns of Nerve Pinches: From Shoulder to Toe (NEW) 10. Medical Imaging & Diagnostic Tests: X-rays, Electrons, & Magnetic Spin 11. Regeneration & Repair in the Nerves and Spinal Cord Part II: Spine & Nerve Surgery 12. Without an Incision: Percutaneous Procedures for Diagnosis & Treatment 13. Surgery-Before, During & After: Common Elements You Should Know About 14. Surgery to Take the Pressure Off the Neural Tissues of the Spine 15. Surgery Inside the Spinal Dural Lining 16. Spine Carpentry: History & Principles of Rebuilding the Broken Spine 17. Fixing the Cervical Spine: Surgical Approaches to the Neck 18. Thoracic Spine Operations: Surgical Approaches to Mid- & Upper-Back Problems 19. Lumbar Implants and Fusion: Major Surgeries for the Low Back 20. Surgery to Release Nerve Entrapments in the Shoulder, Arm, Pelvis and Legs (NEW) 21. Genes, Designer Proteins, and Biomaterials: The Role of Biotechnology in Spine and Nerve Surgery 22. Risks, Outcomes and Choices 23. Recovery After Surgery 24. Health Insurance and the Cost of Surgery Epilogue: Knowledge and Resilience

About the Author :
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD is one of the world's leading authorities on nerve and spinal surgery. He is Medical Director of both the Institute for Nerve Medicine and the Center for Advanced Spinal Neurosurgery, and is an Associate of the Institute for Spinal Disorders, at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, California.

Review :
"This is the first book that bridges the gap between a surgical textbook and an elementary lay book. Dr. Filler clearly describes the nature of back pain and treatment in a fashion that is sufficiently detailed yet reasonably concise to address these important issues. He takes out the mystery and writes in an engaging readable style."--Joshua P. Prager, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA "Dr. Filler's text takes you from injury, through understanding and decision-making, to treatment and recovery for most common problems with the spine. In addition to giving you important knowledge about your back, it also will provide an equally important 'peace of mind.'"--Richard Fessler, University of Chicago "Dr. Filler demonstrates the skills of a gifted communicator by carefully refining details into a succinct and relevant script."--James Byrne, University of Oxford "This excellent book should have wide appeal to a range of medical professionals and to patients.... The book succeeds in its aim 'to fill a major void by providing a comprehensive and authoritative reference source to patients facing spinal surgery.' It can be recommended with confidence."--South African Medical Journal


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780199895519
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: A Surgeon's Guide to Neck and Back Pain and How to Choose Your Treatment
  • Width: 231 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0199895511
  • Publisher Date: 07 Feb 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 155 mm
  • No of Pages: 464
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 693 gr


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