Description
Book Synopsis
Macnab''s Backache, Fourth Edition is an enhancement and update of Ian Macnab''s classic principles of spinal anatomy and pathology, which form the cornerstones of clinical evaluation and treatment of spinal disorders. This edition is geared to practitioners in a wide variety of specialties and emphasizes the initial evaluation and treatment of patients with back pain and/or sciatica.
The book thoroughly describes and illustrates the pathoanatomy of various spinal disorders and its correlation with clinical symptoms. Also included are chapters on history taking, examination of the back, differential diagnosis of low back pain, pain management, and a new chapter on injections.
Table of ContentsMusculoskeletal Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, and Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine
Classification of Low Back Pain and Alerts for Different Age Groups
Spondylogenic Back Pain: Osseous and Intervertebral Lesions
Spondylogenic Back Pain: Soft Tissue Lesions and Pain Mechanisms
Epidemiology and Natural History of Spondylogenic Backache
Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathies and Lesions of the Sacroiliac Joints
The History
Examination of the Back
Disc Degeneration without Root Irritation: Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain
Disc Degeneration with Root Irritation: Disc Ruptures
Disc Degeneration with Root Irritation: Spinal Stenosis
The Investigation
Differential Diagnosis of Low Back Pain
Injections
Pain
Complications and Failures of Spinal Surgery
