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The Aging Spine

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Max Aebi

    1. Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. Robert Gunzburg

    1. Centenary Clinic, Antwerp, Belgium

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  3. Marek Szpalski

    1. Iris South Teaching Hospitals, Brussels, Belgium

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  • Addresses a hot topic which is a growing concern for spine care in the 21st century

  • Covers all aspects from biomechanics through treatment and surgery to economic aspects for the healthcare system

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Table of contents (18 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VIII
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  2. Editorial

    1. The aging of the population: a growing concern for spine care in the twenty-first century

      • Marek Szpalski, Robert Gunzburg, Christian Mélot, Max Aebi
      Pages 1-3

  3. Review

    1. Natural history of the aging spine

      • Michel Benoist
      Pages 4-7

    2. Overview of osteoporosis: pathophysiology and determinants of bone strength

      • Christopher M. Bono, Thomas A. Einhorn
      Pages 8-14

    3. Biomechanics of the aging spine

      • Stephen J. Ferguson, Thomas Steffen
      Pages 15-21

    4. Recognizing and reporting osteoporotic vertebral fractures

      • Mikayel Grigoryan, Ali Guermazi, Frank W. Roemer, Pierre D. Delmas, Harry K. Genant
      Pages 22-30

    5. Principles of management of osteometabolic disorders affecting the aging spine

      • Alexander G. Hadjipavlou, Paul G. Katonis, Michael N. Tzermiadianos, George M. Tsoukas, George Sapkas
      Pages 31-49

    6. Medical treatment of vertebral osteoporosis

      • K. Lippuner
      Pages 50-59

    7. Bisphosphonates in osteoporosis

      • H. Fleisch
      Pages 60-64

    8. The aging spine: new technologies and therapeutics for the osteoporotic spine

      • Joseph M. Lane, Michael J. Gardner, Julie T. Lin, Marjolein C. van der Meulen, Elizabeth Myers
      Pages 65-72

    9. Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spine fracture: prevention and treatment

      • A. Mehbod, S. Aunoble, J. C. Le Huec
      Pages 73-80

    10. Interdisciplinary approach to balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

      • Helmut Franck, Bronek M. Boszczyk, Michael Bierschneider, Hans Jaksche
      Pages 81-85

    11. Economic implication of osteoporotic spine disease: cost to society

      • Olof Johnell
      Pages 86-87

    12. Lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly: an overview

      • Marek Szpalski, Robert Gunzburg
      Pages 88-93

    13. The conservative surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly

      • Robert Gunzburg, Marek Szpalski
      Pages 94-98

    14. Cervical myelopathy: clinical and neurophysiological evaluation

      • Jiri Dvorak, Martin Sutter, Joerg Herdmann
      Pages 99-105

    15. Anterior decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy

      • P. W. Pavlov
      Pages 106-112

    16. Posterior approach to the degenerative cervical spine

      • Kazuo Yonenobu, Takenori Oda
      Pages 113-119

    17. Spinal metastasis in the elderly

      • Max Aebi
      Pages 120-131
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Evaluative Research in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Max Aebi

  • Centenary Clinic, Antwerp, Belgium

    Robert Gunzburg

  • Iris South Teaching Hospitals, Brussels, Belgium

    Marek Szpalski

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Aging Spine

  • Editors: Max Aebi, Robert Gunzburg, Marek Szpalski

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b139015

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-24408-0Published: 23 February 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-27376-9Published: 29 August 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 132

  • Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations

  • Additional Information: Special edition of European Spine Journal, Volume 12, Supplement 2, October 2003

  • Topics: Surgical Orthopedics, Orthopedics, Neurology

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