TY - BOOK AU - Weaver,Edgar N. TI - Surgical care of the painful degenerative lumbar spine: evaluation, decision-making, techniques SN - 9781626238077 PY - 2018///] CY - New York PB - Thieme KW - Lumbar vertebrae KW - Surgery KW - Lumbar Vertebrae KW - surgery KW - Intervertebral Disc Displacement KW - Low Back Pain N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Symptom-focused care of the PDLS -- Fundamental anatomy -- Spino-pelvic parameters and sagittal balance -- Stabilization in SFC surgery on the PDLS -- Clinical evaluation of the patient with a PDLS -- The fundamental open surgical method -- Lateral intramuscular planar [Limp] approach for instrumentation/stabilization L3 to sacrum -- Minimally invasive surgical method -- Post-operative care -- Surgical situations of complex decision-making -- Socio-economics in spine surgery N2 - The learning curve in the management of painful degenerative lumbar spine patients is steep because every case has singular characteristics. Surgical Care of the Painful Degenerative Lumbar Spine: Evaluation, Decision-Making, Techniques by Edgar Weaver reflects more than 35 years of neurosurgical practice devoted to refining degenerative spine disease evaluation and techniques. The book emphasizes and instructs a symptom-focused approach in the surgical decision-making process, with determinant radiographic features used mainly supportively. The text begins with a thorough overview of anatomy UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?custid=ns123844&authtype=ip,shib&direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1797193 ER -