Decision Making in Spinal Care (eBook)

David Greg Anderson, Alexander R. Vaccaro (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012 | 2. Auflage
Thieme Medical Publishers (Verlag)
9781638533658 (ISBN)

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<p><fontcolor='red'><strong><em>A comprehensive and concise reference for determining treatment options of the spine</em></strong></font></p><p>Updated and expanded to reflect current management strategies and new technologies, <em>Decision Making in Spinal Care, Second Edition</em> provides readers with focused guidance to every major topic in spine, with an emphasis on clinical decision making. Covering the most common spine problems, this new edition covers the spectrum of diagnoses seen in a typical spinal practice, from trauma injuries to metabolic and degenerative diseases to spinal deformities.</p><p>Highlights of the Second Edition:</p><ul><li>Focuses on 'must-know' information that significantly impacts clinical decisions<li>Includes new spinal technologies in the Contemporary Topics section to keep readers current<li>Contains more algorithms, figures, and diagrams to aid understanding and facilitate rapid management guidance<li>Written by world-renowned spinal care experts</li></ul><p>This handy portable reference will enable residents, fellows, spine surgeons, and associated clinicians in orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery to quickly access the information they need to make the right decisions in treating typical spinal conditions.</p>

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Contributors

Todd J. Albert, MD
Richard H. Rothman Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
Thomas Jefferson University and Hospitals
President
The Rothman Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

David T. Anderson, MD
Resident
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

D. Greg Anderson, MD
Professor
Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurological Surgery
Clinical Director, Spine Section
The Orthopaedic Research Laboratory
Thomas Jefferson University
The Rothman Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Vincent Arlet, MD
Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eli M. Baron, MD
Attending Neurosurgeon
Spine Surgeon
Cedars-Sinai Spine Center
Department of Neurosurgery
Los Angeles, California

Rahul Basho, MD
Clinical Instructor of Spine Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
Moreno Valley, California

John M. Beiner, MD
Connecticut Orthopedic Specialists
Clinical Instructor and Attending Surgeon
Department of Orthopedics,
Yale–New Haven Hospital and Hospital of St. Raphaels
New Haven, Connecticut

Vidya M. Bhalodia, MA, DABNM
Senior Surgical Neurophysiologist
Specialty Care Neurological Monitoring
Nashville, Tennessee

Arnima Bhasin, BS
Research Assistant
Department of Neurology
St. Francis Medical Center
Peoria, Illinois

Haim D. Blecher, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
UMDNJ–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Daniel J. Blizzard, MD, MHS
Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Irina G. Bogacheva, PhD
Chief Administrator
The Back Institute
Los Angeles, California

Christopher M. Bono, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Service
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Co-Director, Combined MGH-BWH Spine Surgery Fellowship
Boston, Massachusetts

Brett A. Braly, MD
Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Keith H. Bridwell, MD
J. Albert Key Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor of Neurological Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri

Rocco Richard Calderone, MD
Private Practice
Spine and Orthopedic Surgery
St. John’s Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, California
St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital
Camarillo, California

Kanit Chamroontaneskul, MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Bangkok Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand

Fernando J. Checo, MD
Clinical Instructor
Spine Surgery Fellow
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Antonia F. Chen, MD, MBA
Resident
Department of Orthopaedics
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Norman B. Chutkan, MD, FACS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Georgia Health Sciences University
Augusta, Georgia

Richard Derby, MD, FIPP
Medical Director
Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center
Daly City, California

Vincent J. Devlin, MD
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Edmond, Oklahoma

Ashvin K. Dewan, MD
Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

David A. Ditsworth, MD
Chief
Department of Neurosurgery
The Back Institute
Los Angeles, California

Doniel Drazin, MD, MA
Resident
Neurosurgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Noam Z. Drazin, MD
Hematology/Oncology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Group/Cancer Center
Clinical Instructor
UCLA School of Medicine
Beverly Hills, California

Marcel F. Dvorak, MD, FRCSC
Professor of Orthopaedics
Head, Division of Spine
Cordula and Gunther Paetzold Chair in Spinal Cord Clinical Research
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Matthew R. Eager, MD
Spine Surgeon
SUN Orthopaedic Group
Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Mostafa H. El Dafrawy, MG, BCh
Research Fellow
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Steven M. Falowski, MD
St. Luke’s University Health Network
Director, Functional Neurosurgery
St. Luke’s Neurosurgical Associates
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Daniel R. Fassett, MD, MBA
Head of Neurosurgery
Director of Spinal Surgery
Illinois Neurological Institute
University of Illinois College of Medicine–Peoria
Peoria, Illinois

Charles G. Fisher, MD, MHSc, FRCSC
Director of Spine Fellowship Program
Combined Neurosurgical and Orthopaedic Spine Program
Vancouver General Hospital
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of British Columia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Peter G. Gabos, MD
Co-Director
The Spine and Scoliosis Center
Nemours’ Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware
Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Sapan D. Gandhi, BS
Medical Student
Drexel University College of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gregory Gebauer, MD, MS
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Advanced Orthopedic Center
Port Charlotte, Florida

Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH, FACS
Peter E. Sheptak Professor of Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

George M. Ghobrial, MD
Neurosurgery Resident
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laura E. Gill, MD, MBBS
Resident
Department of Orthopaedics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Alex Gitelman, MD
Spine Surgeon
White Plains, New York

Maurice Goins, MD
Spine Surgeon
Resurgens Orthopaedics
Fayetteville, Georgia

Matthew J. Goldstein, MD
Chief Resident
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
North Shore–Long Island Jewish Health System
New Hyde Park, New York

Jonathan Newman Grauer, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Qusai Hammouri, MBBS
Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellow
Department of Orthopaedics
Columbia University
New York, New York

James S. Harrop, MD
Associate Professor
Departments of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery
Director
Division of Spine and Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alan S. Hilibrand, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
Director of Medical Education
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Rothman Institute
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Joshua William Hustedt, BA
Medical Student
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

Raymond W. Hwang, MD, MEng, MBA
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
Midwest Orthopaedic Institute
Sycamore, Illinois

Ryan R. Janicki, MD, MSc PT, FRCSC
Neurosurgeon
Department of Surgery
Lions Gate Hospital
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Iain H. Kalfas, MD
Staff Neurosurgeon
Department of Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Daniel G. Kang, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Resident
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Bethesda, Maryland

Christopher K. Kepler, MD, MBA
Fellow, Spine Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Thomas Jefferson University
The Rothman Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Stewart Kerr, MD
Chief of Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery
Naval Medical Center
San Diego, California

Tagreed M. Khalaf, MD
Staff Physician
Center for Spine Health
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Safdar N. Khan, MD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chief
Divison of Spine Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio

A. Jay Khanna, MD, MBA
Associate...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.9.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Orthopädie
• Schlagworte: Care • cervical spine disorder • Decision • lumbar spine disorder • Making • spinal • spinal deformity • Spinal infection • Spinal trauma • Spinal tumor • thoracic spine disorder
• ISBN-13: 9781638533658 / 9781638533658