David Wilson (Ed.) 2005 With an Emphasis on Ultrasound When I started examining patients with ultrasound for musculoskeletal disorders we were still using static “B” scanners. CT was a new invention and MRI did not exist. Whilst my contemporaries were enthusiastically specialising in the use of nuclear medicine and ultrasound, I chose to take an interest and eventually […]
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Maria Z. Siemionow (Ed.) 2006
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Christian Krettek (Ed.) Dirk Aschemann (Ed.) 2006 The success of an operation depends not only on careful clarification of the indications, selection of the right time for operating and technically neat operating techniques, but also on correct preoperative preparation and positioning of the patient. But this aspect in particular is frequently neglected, particularly by young surgeons, because technical details of the […]
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John M. Mathis Hervé Deramond Stephen M. Belkoff Editors 2006 Since the first edition of this book was published in 2002, there have been many advances in our knowledge of percutaneous vertoplasty (PV), particularly about how to perform the procedure more safely and how to approach more complex case situations. Additionally, materials that were initially used “off label” or […]
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K. Yonenobu • K. Nakamura • Y. Toyama (Eds.) 2006 Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is no longer only a Japanese disease. In 2004, 18 papers on OPLL and related conditions were published, and 7 of those were from countries other than Japan. Major textbooks on spine surgery, such as The Spine, The Cervical Spine, and […]
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Giles R. Scuderi Alfred J. Tria, Jr. Richard A. Berger Editors 2006 Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is changing the way orthopedic surgery is practiced and is now considered state-of-the-art. There are rapid advances in the surgical techniques with the introduction of navigation and robotics, which assist the surgeon in performing the procedure with limited visualization.
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H.M. Mayer (Ed.) 2006 A Surgical Manual Five years have passed since the first edition of this book. Minimally invasive surgical techniques have become a significant part of the daily routine in spine surgery. Some of the techniques which have been described in the first edition have become standard in spine centres all around the world, others have […]
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K. Shimoji,W.D. Willis, Jr. (Eds.) 2006 An Illustrated Guide to Physiology, Pharmacology, and Recording Techniques The technique of using evoked spinal cord potentials (SCPs) has become an important clinical tool for monitoring spinal cord surgery and diagnosing spinal cord diseases. The technique is a result both of the technical development of recording evoked SCPs from the epidural space without […]
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Edited by J.W. Chang, Y. Katayama, and T. Yamamoto 2006 This supplement of Acta Neurochirurgica is the fourth in the series of proceedings covering the official biennial conferences of the Neurorehabilitation Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) in connection with the 1st congress of the International Society of Reconstructive Neurosurgery (ISRN) which was held in Seoul in September […]
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A. M. Davies, K. Johnson, and R. W. Whitehouse (Eds.) 2006 Techniques and Applications As our understanding of the disease processes and the biomechanics of the hip joint and bony pelvis improves, there is a need to continuously update radiologists, orthopaedic surgeons and other professionals working in this field. This book, in common with several others published in […]
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