Macnab's backache
By: David A. Wong, Ensor Transfeldt.
Contributors: Transfeldt, Ensor.; Macnab, Ian.; McCulloch, John A.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780781760850; 9781582559490
Subjects: Backache.; Low Back Pain.
Other titles: Backache
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Macnab's backache / John McCulloch, Ensor Transfeldt.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Musculoskeletal anatomy, neuroanatomy, and biomechanics of the lumbar spine; title: Classification of low back pain and alerts for different age groups; title: Spondylogenic back pain : osseous and intervertebral lesions; title: Spondylogenic backache : soft tissue lesions and pain mechanisms; title: Epidemiology and natural history of spondylogenic backache; title: Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis; title: Inflammatory spondyloarthropathies and lesions of the sacroiliac joints; title: The history; title: Examination of the back; title: Disc degeneration without root irritation : acute and chronic low back pain; title: Disc degeneration with root irritation : disc ruptures; title: Disc degeneration with root irritation : spinal canal stenosis; title: The investigation; title: Differential diagnosis of low back pain; title: Injections; title: Pain; title: Complications and failures of spinal surgery.