Orthopaedic knowledge update; spine, 3d ed.9780892033546 Orthopaedic knowledge update; spine, 3d ed. Ed. by Jeffrey M. Spivak and Patrick J. Connolly. Am. Acad./Orthopaedic Surgeons 2006 526 pages $137.00 Paperback RD768 This resource for orthopaedic surgeons and other physicians provides an overview of current knowledge regarding the care of spinal disorders. About 50 contributions from specialists are arranged into five sections. The first contains chapters on anatomy, physical examination, and diagnostic testing Diagnostic testing Testing performed to determine if someone is affected with a particular disease. Mentioned in: Von Willebrand Disease . Subsequent sections focus on pain treatments and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. ; spinal disorders in adults; and spinal disorders in children. The volume concludes with some discussions of likely future developments in such areas as intervertebral intervertebral /in·ter·ver·te·bral/ (-ver´te-bral) situated between two contiguous vertebrae; see under disk. in·ter·ver·te·bral adj. Located between vertebrae. disk repair and restoration of spinal cord spinal cord, the part of the nervous system occupying the hollow interior (vertebral canal) of the series of vertebrae that form the spinal column, technically known as the vertebral column. function. Editor Spivak is Director of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of U. Hospital for Joint Diseases Spine Center, and Connolly is Chief of Spinal Surgery at the U. of Massachusetts. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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