Surgical Management of Low Back Pain

Surgical Management of Low Back Pain second edition presents the current diagnostic and therapeutic surgical treatemtns for low back pain as well as the anatomic and physiologic rationale for their application. Leading experts in the field of spine surgery, neurosurgery and orthopaedics provide evidence-based discussions of the indications, various techniques, and anticipated results of surgical intervention for pain of the lumbar spine. The book presents key clinical information on pathophysiology, imaging modalities, patient selection, biomechanics, minimally invasive approaches and complication management.