Spinal Cord Medicine

Spinal Cord Medicine
ISBN-10
1451154275
ISBN-13
9781451154276
Category
Medical
Pages
624
Language
English
Published
2011-12-07
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Authors
Denise I. Campagnolo, Steven Kirshblum, Mark S. Nash

Description

This comprehensive and practical reference is the perfect resource for the medical specialist treating persons with spinal cord injuries. The book provides detail about all aspects of spinal cord injury and disease. The initial seven chapters present the history, anatomy, imaging, epidemiology, and general acute management of spinal cord injury. The next eleven chapters deal with medical aspects of spinal cord damage, such as pulmonary management and the neurogenic bladder. Chapters on rehabilitation are followed by nine chapters dealing with diseases that cause non-traumatic spinal cord injury. A comprehensive imaging chapter is included with 30 figures which provide the reader with an excellent resource to understand the complex issues of imaging the spine and spinal cord.

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