The Aging Spine
by
Aebi, Max. editor.
Title
:
The Aging Spine
Author
:
Aebi, Max. editor.
ISBN
:
9783540273769
Physical Description
:
VIII, 132 p. 53 illus. online resource.
Contents
:
Editorial -- The aging of the population: a growing concern for spine care in the twenty-first century -- Review -- Natural history of the aging spine -- Overview of osteoporosis: pathophysiology and determinants of bone strength -- Biomechanics of the aging spine -- Recognizing and reporting osteoporotic vertebral fractures -- Principles of management of osteometabolic disorders affecting the aging spine -- Medical treatment of vertebral osteoporosis -- Bisphosphonates in osteoporosis -- The aging spine: new technologies and therapeutics for the osteoporotic spine -- Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spine fracture: prevention and treatment -- Interdisciplinary approach to balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures -- Economic implication of osteoporotic spine disease: cost to society -- Lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly: an overview -- The conservative surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly -- Cervical myelopathy: clinical and neurophysiological evaluation -- Anterior decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy -- Posterior approach to the degenerative cervical spine -- Spinal metastasis in the elderly.
Subject Term
:
Medicine.
Neurology.
Orthopedic surgery.
Medicine & Public Health.
Surgical Orthopedics.
Added Author
:
Aebi, Max.
Gunzburg, Robert.
Szpalski, Marek.
Added Corporate Author
:
SpringerLink (Online service)
Electronic Access
:
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 509218-1001 | RD701 -811 | Online Springer |