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Arthritis and arthroplasty the spine
State-of-the-art guidance on challenging issues in degenerative and arthritic conditions affecting the spine!
This volume in the new Arthritis and Arthroplasty series offers expert guidance on everything from patient selection and pre-operative planning to surgical approaches and techniques.
1. Provides evidence-based, clinically focused guidance on patient selection,
pre-operative planning, surgical approach and techniques, instrumentation, disease-
specific options, the management and avoidance of complications, and more.
2. Discusses variations in techniques, including thoracoscopy, microdiscectomy,
interbody fusion, osteotomies, laminectomy, MIS decompression techniques, and more.
3. Explores alternatives to fusion in younger arthritic patients, including disc
arthroplasty, facet joint replacement, and nucleus replacement.
4. Includes a review page in every chapter for quick reference to pearls and pitfalls
for each topic.
5. Presents photographs and interpretive drawings of surgical techniques in full
color to bring out intraoperative details as they appear in the operating room.
6. Features procedural videos —narrated by experts—on the included DVD so you
can see how to perform particular techniques.
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