The Back Book

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9042-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 318 g

Reihe: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

Eighty percent of Americans experience back pain in varying degrees at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain is second only to the common cold as a reason why people visit a doctor.

In The Back Book, Johns Hopkins surgeons Ziya L. Gokaslan and Lee Hunter Riley explain the causes and complexities of back pain and the various paths to diagnosis and treatment. Stressing the importance of individualized treatment, they discuss the process of establishing a treatment plan that is acceptable to the person with pain as well as to the attending physician. They also:

• lay out reasonable expectations for surgical and nonsurgical treatment

• illuminate the possibilities, risks, and limitations of back surgery

• describe how to select a surgeon and the importance of choosing the right one

Informative and reassuring, The Back Book provides readers with the knowledge they need to understand their back pain and get started on the route to relief.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gokaslan, Ziya L

Riley, Lee Hunter

Riley III, Lee Hunter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Suk, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizin, Gesundheit: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Orthopädie, konservativ

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: As Common as the Common Cold and Twenty Times More Painful
Part I: What's Causing Your Symptoms?
1. Twenty-Four Vertebrae and Twenty-Three Discs
2. Who Gets Back Pain, and What Causes It?
3. Things That Go Wrong in the Back
4. Spinal Tumors and Metastatic Cancer
Part II: Getting a Diagnosis and Seeking Treatment
5. What's Wrong with Me, and What Should I Do about It?
6. Pain Relief and Nonsurgical Treatment
7. Physical Therapy for Pain, Strength, and Function
8. Making the Decision about Surgery
9. Back Surgery and Recovery
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Riley III, Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter Riley III, M.D., is the director of the Orthopaedic Spine Division and an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University.

Gokaslan, Ziya L
Ziya L. Gokaslan, M.D., is the director of the Neurosurgical Spine Program and vice chairman of the department of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University, where he is also the Donlin M. Long Professor and a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, and orthopaedic surgery.

Ziya L. Gokaslan, M.D., is the director of the Neurosurgical Spine Program and vice chairman of the department of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University, where he is also the Donlin M. Long Professor and a professor of neurosurgery, oncology, and orthopaedic surgery. Lee Hunter Riley III, M.D., is the director of the Orthopaedic Spine Division and an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University.