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Foreword | |
Preface | |
Disclaimer | |
How to Use This Book: Two Dozen Visits to Your Doctor | |
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 the 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 | |
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 | |
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