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Preface to the First Edition |
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Preface |
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Introduction: Least Invasive Spine Procedures and Artificial Disc Replacement---Past, Present, and Future |
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I. GENERAL ISSUES OF SPINAL DISORDERS |
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Measuring Treatment Outcomes for Spinal Disorders |
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Diagnostic Test Performance: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value |
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15 | (34) |
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Spinal Disorders and the Workplace |
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An Evidence-Based Approach |
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27 | (8) |
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Primary and Secondary Prevention |
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35 | (14) |
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History and Physical Examination |
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49 | (20) |
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69 | (42) |
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Diagnostic Lumbar Disc Injection |
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87 | (16) |
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Overview of Discography, Facet Blocks, and Nerve Root Blocks |
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103 | (8) |
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Clinical Neurophysiology and Electrodiagnosis |
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111 | (10) |
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General Diseases of the Spine |
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Metabolic Bone Disease of the Adult and Pediatric Spine |
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121 | (44) |
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141 | (12) |
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Surgical Management of Rheumatoid Disease |
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153 | (12) |
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165 | (136) |
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Primary Benign and Malignant Extradural Spine Tumors |
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191 | (56) |
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247 | (42) |
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289 | (12) |
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301 | (16) |
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Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Current Issues in Treatment |
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317 | (6) |
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Chronic Pain Management through Functional Restoration for Spinal Disorders |
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323 | (14) |
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337 | (24) |
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Anterior Spinal Surgery for Congenital Scoliosis |
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361 | (6) |
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Treatment of Neuromuscular Spine Deformities |
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367 | (24) |
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391 | (8) |
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Pediatric Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis |
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399 | (26) |
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425 | (20) |
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Back Pain in Children and Adolescents |
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445 | (20) |
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465 | (14) |
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479 | (12) |
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Adult Isthmic Spondylolisthesis |
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491 | (14) |
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505 | (22) |
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Osteoporotic Spinal Deformity |
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527 | (10) |
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Jean-Valery C. E. Coumans |
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Operative Techniques for Pediatric and Adult Spinal Deformity |
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Segmental Posterior Spinal Instrumentation: Thoracic Spine to Sacrum |
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537 | (30) |
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Anterior Spinal Instrumentation |
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553 | (6) |
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Anterior Instrumentation for Thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis |
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559 | (8) |
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Salvage Techniques: Spinal Osteotomy |
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567 | (8) |
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Surgery for Isthmic Spondylolisthesis |
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575 | (8) |
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Decompression: Issues and Techniques |
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583 | (12) |
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Surgical Reduction of Spondylolisthesis |
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