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• Title:Do you really need back surgery? : a surgeon's guide to neck and back pain and how to choose your treatment / Aaron G. Filler.
  
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• Author/Creator:Filler, Aaron G., 1956-
  
• Published/Created:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WE720 .F545 2004
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Spine--Diseases--Treatment.
  Spine--Wounds and injuries--Treatment.
  Neck--Diseases--Treatment.
  Patient education.
  
• Description:xiii, 336 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:0195158350 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Foreword / J. Patrick Johnson
  How to use this book : two dozen visits to your doctor
  Pt. I. Spine health
  1. Acute, chronic, and recurring : a quick tour of neck and back pain
  2. nature of pain and how it is treated
  3. Keeping the spine healthy : ergonomics for life
  4. Renewal without surgery : schools of therapy
  5. Anatomy 101 : from bones, disks, and joints to mind, muscles, and nerves
  6. Disks, spurs, stenosis, slippage, and osteoporosis
  7. Spinal symptoms : where does that pain come from?
  8. Accidents of the embryo : spina bifida and variations at birth
  9. Medical imaging and diagnostic tests : x-rays, electrons, and magnetic spin
  10. Recovery and repair in the nerves and spinal cord
  Pt. II. Spine Surgery
  11. Without an incision : percutaneous procedures for diagnosis and treatment
  12. Surgery - before, during, and after : common elements you should know about
  13. Surgery to take pressure off the nerves
  14. Surgery inside the spinal dural lining
  15. Spine carpentry : history and principles of rebuilding the broken spine
  16. Fixing the cervical spine : surgical approaches for the neck
  17. Thoracic spine operations : surgical approaches to mid-and upper-back problems
  18. Lumbar implants and fusion : major surgeries for the low back
  19. Genes, designer proteins, and biomaterials : the role of biotechnology in spinal surgery
  20. Risks, outcomes, and choices
  21. Recovery after surgery
  22. Health insurance and the cost of surgery
  Epilogue : knowledge and resilience.