Best Evidence for Spine Surgery provides representative cases that help you determine the optimal surgical interventions for your patients. Drs. Rahul Jandial and Steven R. Garfin, and a balanced team of preeminent neurosurgeons and orthopaedists, address the trend toward a more collaborative approach between spine and orthopaedic surgery. This easy-to-read, evidence-based resource also features "Tips from the masters" for a quick review of important elements of diagnosis and treatment. Choose the best options for your patients using evidence that supports the optimal surgical intervention for each case. Apply a multi-disciplinary approach through coverage that reflects the changing nature of the specialty with chapters written by neurosurgeons and orthopaedists. Quickly review the most important elements of diagnosis through "Tips from the masters." Easily find the information you need with a consistent, case-based format that clearly presents evidence and techniques.
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Key Highlights Comparative risks, benefits, complications, and outcomes for a full spectrum of lumbar, thoracic and cervical procedures MIS versus open approaches for lumbar stenosis, synovial cysts, lumbar adjacent segment degeneration, ...
70.3.4 Accordance with the Literature Guidelines The only guidelines for the improvement of surgery are the WHO Guidelines for Safe Surgery 2009. They not only summarize the development and required parts to make surgical intervantions ...
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Equipment. □ Operating table, Wilson frame □ Fluoroscopy/C-arm □ Headlight □ Operating loupes □ Operative microscope □ High-speed drill □ Kerrison rongeurs □ Bipolar cautery ...
This book offers essential guidance on selecting the most appropriate surgical management option for a variety of spinal conditions, including idiopathic problems, and degenerative disease.
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because they incorporated the results of 18 retrospective cohort studies (547 fractures) published between 1976 and ... Similarly, there was no difference in nonunion rates between the 2 groups (11.8% before 12 hours and 5.0% after 12 ...
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