Epiduroscopy — Spinal Endoscopy

• Main Author: Schütze, G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.

Endoscopy of the spinal canal – epiduroscopy (EDS) – has proven to be a safe, efficient and future-oriented interventional endoscopic procedure for everyday clinical use in diagnosing and managing pain syndromes. Epiduroscopy can be used in the sacral, lumbar, thoracic and even cervical regions of t...

Table of Contents:

• Evolution of Epiduroscopy
• Epiduroscopic Diagnostics
• Additional Imaging Diagnostics
• Functional Epiduroscopic Diagnostics
• Epiduroscopic Equipment and Surgical Setting
• Performing Epiduroscopy
• Treatment Strategies
• Complications
• Costs and Benefits of Epiduroscopy
• Training Program for Epiduroscopy
• Recommendations for Epiduroscopy
• The Future of Epiduroscopy.