Spinal Disorders: Fundamentals of Diagnosis and Treatment Part 51 ppt

... General objectives of treatment relief of pain regaining of activities of daily living reversal of neurologic function return to work and leisure activities Disc Herniation and Radiculopathy Chapter ... tears (58%) and deformations of the spinal cord (29%). This study documented the high prevalence of anatomical irregularities, including herniation of a disc and de...

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... University of Bern, and Chief of Staff, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirslanden-Salem Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. Max Aebi is Co-Founder and Past Chairman of AO Spine, a member of the European ... 1960 and is a Swiss citizen. He studied at the University of Saarland, Germany, and the University of Basle, Switzerland. He then received an international training as a...

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... with implantation. Recapitulation Goals of spinal instrumentation. The aims of spinal instrumentation are stabilization, achievement and maintenance of curve correction (alignment) and facilitation of bony fusion (spondylodesis). ... tumor and post-traumatic kyphosis. The load is transferred through a combination of compressive or ten- sile loading along the length of th...

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... view of the human body and soul,i.e.heassumedaseparationofthemindandthe body. The body was seen as a machine working according to the laws of nature and the “rational soul” was the “conductor of ... central effect of analgesics and should be included for an adequate treatment of moderate to severe pain ✔ The scientific evidence for a long-term effec- tiveness of surgical...

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... of epidemiology in the management of spinal disorders are to [77]: pinpoint the problem estimate the societal and economic burden of spinal disorders forecast the problem in future describe and ... 353:1610–5 Pathways of Spinal Pain Chapter 5 145 6 Epidemiology and Risk Fac tors of Spinal Disorders Achim Elfering, Anne F. Mannion Core Messages ✔ In 85% of patients wi...

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... Waddell H (2000) A review of social influences on neck and back pain and dis- ability.In:NachemsonA,JonssonE,eds.Neckandbackpain:Thescientificevidenceof causes, diagnosis and treatment. Philadelphia: ... classification and staging [112]. In addi- tion to a population based registry approach [79, 80], a greater standardization of the assessment of risk, treatment and outco...

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... 227 Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Pain Syndromes The differential diagnosis of spinal disorders in general and low-back pain par- ticularly is far reaching. The differential diagnosis of spinal pain ... eval- uation of patients with low-back pain. Spine 1:127–134 27. Roland M, Morris R (1983) A study of the natural history of back pain. Part I: development of...

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... changes and spinal canal and foraminal stenosis and even for facet joints. In postoperative imaging, standard radiographs demonstrate spinal deformity, the position and signs of loosening of implants ... imaging of disc disease. On the other hand, slice thickness in the sagittal plane may be reduced for reduction of partial volume artifacts at the borders of the spinal...

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... provides a strong sacral anchorage Knowledge of the size and anatomy of the pedicle is required, but also an under- standing of the topography of nerve and vascular structures in relation to the ... study of the surgical anatomy of the spine and surgical approaches: Bauer RF, Kerschbaumer F, Poisel S (ed) (1993) Atlas of spinal operations. Thieme, Stutt- gart Nazarian S...

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... integ- rity of the spinal function. At the same time larger doses of opiates became popular to help maintain stable hemodynamic conditions and better pain control intra- and postsurgery. In the 1980s and ... decompressed of gas and secre- Careful eye and face protection is crucial tions by using the gastric tube. Careful eye protection with cream, occlusive tape and periph...

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