Spinal trauma : imaging, diagnosis, and management / [edited by] Eric D. Schwartz, Adam E. Flanders.

Comprehensive reference on the use of advanced imaging techniques in the diagnosis and management of spinal trauma. In one cohesive source, the book brings together information on state-of-the-art clinical imaging--including multidetector CT and high-field MRI techniques--and the pathophysiology, ne...

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Other Authors: Schwartz, Eric D., Flanders, Adam E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2007.
Series:LWW medical book collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pathophysiology of spinal cord injury / B. Timothy Himes
  • The neurological evaluation and medical management of acute spinal cord injury / Anthony S. Burns and Ralph J. Marino
  • Surgical treatment of spinal injury / Daniel R. Fassett and James S. Harrop
  • Controversies in clearing the spine / C. Craig Blackmore and Ken F. Linnau
  • Plain film radiography and computed tomography of the cervical spine. Part I. Normal anatomy and spinal injury identification / Alejandro Zuluaga Santamaria and Diego B. Núñez, Jr.
  • Plain film radiography and computed tomography of the cervical spine. Part II. Classification and subtypes of spinal injury / Alejandro Zuluaga Santamaria and Diego B. Núñez, Jr.
  • Imaging of thoracolumbar spinal injury / George Koulouris, Amy Y.I. Ting, and William B. Morrison
  • Magnetic resonance imaging of acute spinal trauma / Adam E. Flanders
  • Imaging of pediatric spinal trauma / Avrum N. Pollock and Stephen M. Henesch
  • Postoperative spinal imaging / Ashwini D. Sharan, Hana Choe, and Laura Snyder
  • Imaging of the previously injured spinal cord / Steven Falcone
  • Experimental therapies for spinal cord injury / Marion Murray
  • Experimental techniques of spinal imaging / Eric D. Schwartz.