| Summary: | Delineates the methods of diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of thoracolumbar injuries. The volume presents not only personal philosophies in managing the most challenging injuries, but also provides critical analysis of advantages and disadvantages of the various techniques. It identifies specific injury patterns and presents the most effective techniques of management. Traumatic as well as non-traumatic spine fractures are discussed, including osteoporotic fractures and fractures due to primary and secondary vertebral tumors. The volume is a collective effort of anatomists, biomechanists, epidemiologists, neuroradiologists, neurophysiologists, spine surgeons from both orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery, and experts from the fields of medicine, anesthesia, physical medicine, and rehabilitation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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