Aebi / Gunzburg / Szpalski The Aging Spine

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-3-540-27376-9
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 132 Seiten

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aebi, Max

Gunzburg, Robert

Szpalski, Marek

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Foreword;5
2;Contents;7
3;The aging of the population: a growing concern for spine care in the twenty- first century;9
4;Natural history of the aging spine;12
5;Overview of osteoporosis: pathophysiology and determinants of bone strength;16
6;Biomechanics of the aging spine;23
7;Recognizing and reporting osteoporotic vertebral fractures;30
8;Principles of management of osteometabolic disorders affecting the aging spine;39
9;Medical treatment of vertebral osteoporosis;58
10;Bisphosphonates in osteoporosis;68
11;The aging spine: new technologies and therapeutics for the osteoporotic spine;73
12;Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spine fracture: prevention and treatment;81
13;Interdisciplinary approach to balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures;89
14;Economic implication of osteoporotic spine disease: cost to society;94
15;Lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly: an overview;96
16;The conservative surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis in the elderly;102
17;Cervical myelopathy: clinical and neurophysiological evaluation;107
18;Anterior decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy;114
19;Posterior approach to the degenerative cervical spine;121
20;Spinal metastasis in the elderly;128