Degenerative Thoracic Spine Conditions

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12Degenerative Thoracic Spine Conditions I. General considerations A. Thoracic pain may be due to several different etiologies (Table 12–1). 1. Incidence is ~15%. 2. Frequently presents in the fourth to…

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Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injury

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IITrauma 6  Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injury 7  Spinal Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation 8  Cervical Spine Trauma 9  Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures 6Evaluation and Management of Spinal Cord Injury…

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Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies

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22Seronegative Spondyloarthropathies I. Ankylosing spondylitis (Fig. 22–1) A. General considerations 1. Affects patients in their second and third decades of life 2. Men and women are affected equally. a. Men…

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Spinal Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation

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7Spinal Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation ♦ Rehabilitation of Back and Neck Pain I. General considerations A. It is estimated 80% of the general population suffers at least one disabling episode…

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Physiology of Bone Grafts and Bone Graft Substitutes

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5Physiology of Bone Grafts and Bone Graft Substitutes ♦ General Considerations I. Process of bone formation A. Osteogenesis: mesenchymal cell differentiation into osteoblasts B. Osteoinduction: induction of bone formation via…

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Anterior and Posterior Decompression and Stabilization in Patients with Metastatic Disease Using the Transpedicular Approach

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Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion

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Osteotomy for Ankylosing Spondylitis

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Decompression for Lumbar Fractures: Posterior

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