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Lumbar vertebrae --- Lumbar spine --- Vertebrae, Lumbar --- Lumbosacral region --- Vertebrae --- Diseases --- Pathophysiology. --- Treatment. --- Diagnosis.

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This book is a superbly illustrated guide to the latest endoscopic approaches employed in surgery to the lumbar spine. In the past, spinal endoscopic surgeries have been performed mainly in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation, but indications have now expanded owing to breakthroughs in surgical methods and instruments. Furthermore, in addition to the traditional percutaneous transforaminal approach, various other approaches are now feasible, including the posterior, paraspinal, transpedicular, and contralateral. This book describes and illustrates the full array of approaches in indications including lumbar central stenosis, lumbar foraminal stenosis, and lumbar disc herniation. Detailed guidance is also provided on endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion, covering the oblique, uniportal, and biportal approaches. Supplementary surgical videos further facilitate understanding and execution of the described procedures. Written by expert spinal endoscopy surgeons with extensive practical experience and a record of academic achievement, the book will be an ideal aid for spine surgeons at all levels of experience.

Neurosurgery. --- Orthopedics. --- Surgical Orthopedics. --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Nerves --- Neurosurgery --- Lumbar vertebrae --- Nervous system --- Endoscopic surgery. --- Surgery. --- Lumbar spine --- Vertebrae, Lumbar --- Lumbosacral region --- Vertebrae

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There is general agreement that lumbosacral nerve root compression is a prime factor in the pathogenesis of sciatica and neurogenic claudication, although humoral and vascular factors certainly play a role as well. This book focuses on imaging of the various ways in which nerve root compression can come about, and assessing which anatomic features are reliably associated with the occurrence of radicular pain, as opposed to morphologic findings which are probably coincidental. After a discussion of the nature of radicular pain and related symptoms, spinal imaging techniques and options are reviewed, with emphasis on the role of MR myelography in assessing the condition of the intradural nerve roots. A chapter on normal topographic, sectional, and functional (dynamic) radiologic anatomy is followed by a presentation on pathologic anatomy, addressing the various mechanisms of nerve root compression. In the chapter on pre- and postoperative imaging, features which may help to predict the evolution of the symptoms are discussed, with an eye to selecting candidates for surgical treatment. This is followed by a discussion of the role and limitations of imaging studies in various adverse postoperative conditions. In illustrations involving patient studies, imaging features are linked where possible to the clinical symptoms and history of the individuals involved. .

Lumbar vertebrae -- Imaging. --- Lumbar vertebrae --- Lumbosacral Plexus --- Pain --- Pathology --- Diagnosis --- Lumbar Vertebrae --- Sensation --- Neurologic Manifestations --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Spine --- Spinal Nerves --- Medicine --- Signs and Symptoms --- Nervous System Diseases --- Bone and Bones --- Nervous System Physiological Processes --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Psychophysiology --- Health Occupations --- Peripheral Nerves --- Skeleton --- Psychological Phenomena and Processes --- Diseases --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Nervous System Physiological Phenomena --- Peripheral Nervous System --- Nervous System --- Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena --- Musculoskeletal System --- Psychiatry and Psychology --- Phenomena and Processes --- Anatomy --- Surgery - General and By Type --- Radiology, MRI, Ultrasonography & Medical Physics --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Imaging --- Vertebrae --- Imaging. --- Lumbar spine --- Vertebrae, Lumbar --- Medicine. --- Radiology. --- Neuroradiology. --- Neurology. --- Neurosurgery. --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Imaging / Radiology. --- Lumbosacral region --- Radiology, Medical. --- Clinical radiology --- Radiology, Medical --- Radiology (Medicine) --- Medical physics --- Nerves --- Neurosurgery --- Nervous system --- Neuropsychiatry --- Surgery --- Neurology . --- Neuroradiography --- Neuroradiology --- Radiological physics --- Physics --- Radiation