Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pinheiro-Franco, João Luiz (Editor), Vaccaro, Alexander R. (Editor), Benzel, Edward C. (Editor), Mayer, H. Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosurgery.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Orthopedics.

In this book, leading international specialists in the field join forces to discuss topics, issues, and approaches that are of key importance in the optimal treatment of lumbar degenerative disk disease. The coverage is wide ranging, from current understanding of physiopathology and genetics and mod...

Table of Contents:

• Essentials in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease
• Imaging
• General Important Aspects When Treating Symptomatic Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease
• Lumbar Disk Herniations
• Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease: Doubts, Decisions, and Techniques
• Minimally Invasive Techniques
• Nonfusion Technologies
• DDD and Spine Deformity and Sagittal Balance
• Lessons from a Life.