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The Failed Back Syndrome

Etiology and Therapy

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Harold A. Wilkinson

    1. Division of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Therapy

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Role of Improper Surgery in the Etiology of the Failed Back Syndrome

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 4-12

  4. Symptomatic Diagnosis

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 13-39

  5. Precise Diagnosis of Specific Syndromes

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 40-110

  6. Noninvasive Therapy

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 111-143

  7. Needle Therapy

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 144-172

  8. Surgical Therapy

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 173-230

  9. Team Approach or Individual Effort?

    • Harold A. Wilkinson
    Pages 231-232

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 233-254
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About this book

In the eight years since the first edition of this book several marvelous technical advances have become available clinically for the care of patients with "failed back syndromes. " High resolution MRI scans, three dimension­ al CT scans, and percutaneous discectomy are notable technological ad­ vances. Overall, however, the problem of "the failed back" remains as complex and poorly understood as ever. A discouraging amount of what we claim to be our knowledge of the pathophysiology and appropriate therapy for the complex of disorders that constitute the failed back syndrome re­ mains unvalidated by careful scientific study. 1 The discussions of patho­ physiology, diagnosis, and therapy put forth in the first edition for the most part remain equally as valid or as controversial as they were eight years ago. The first edition was well received by numerous physicians and other health care givers from a variety of disciplines and through them the book seems to have contributed usefully to many of those who suffer the unpleasant mal­ adies of "the failed back. " I hope this second edition will likewise prove to be a positive contribution. The timing of the publication of this second edition is significant in several ways in the context of the current medicolegal climate in the United States.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA

    Harold A. Wilkinson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Failed Back Syndrome

  • Book Subtitle: Etiology and Therapy

  • Authors: Harold A. Wilkinson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4394-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97617-4Published: 20 December 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8754-4Published: 04 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-4394-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 254

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., Philadelphia, 1983

  • Topics: Orthopedics

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