100 Challenging Spinal Pain Syndrome Cases

This third edition of 100 Challenging Spinal Pain Syndrome Cases pulls together individual clinical cases ranging from the common and comparatively straightforward to the more complex. Each case is presented clearly with details of past history, presenting complaint, appropriate physical examination, imaging and, in some cases, laboratory test results, followed by diagnosis, treatment, results and key points.The purpose of this text is to provide knowledge of the types of conditions that may be encountered in daily clinical practice for students and clinicians who are involved in the management of spinal pain syndromes. The text raises pertinent issues involving spinal conditions and updates clinicians in various disciplines on diagnostic methods for managing spinal pain syndrome patients. It is not meant to be a book on differential diagnosis per se but rather a text illustrating various conditions from case records and how management was provided without using opioids for mechanical spinal pain syndromes.The features of this third edition include a practical problem-solving approach, a greatly revised and corrected text where necessary to provide clarity, and twenty cases have been replaced by new ones to illustrate different conditions. Read more