The Aging Spine (eBook)

Max Aebi, Robert Gunzburg, Marek Szpalski (Herausgeber)

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2005 | 2005
VIII, 132 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-27376-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The 'Bone and Joint Decade' draws our attention with increased intensity to the problem of the changes related to aging of our musculoskeletal system and the associated socioeconomic implications. In view of the increasing age of the worldwide population the impact seems to be tremendous. The editors of The Aging Spine pick up this interesting topic and engage opinion leaders to contribute their knowledge in this supplement. The various contributions cover most of the important problems, which are included in the vast specter of aging spine: osteoporosis, spinal stenosis, and tumors of the spine. The aging spine will be an everpresent issue in the life of a physician taking care of the different pathologies of the spine. This text will help to better understand the nature of the different changes in the spine of the elderly. It contributes to enabling us to diagnose and to treat this complex problem in an appropriate way.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.8.2005
• Zusatzinfo: VIII, 132 p. 53 illus.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Orthopädie
• Schlagworte: aging spine • Biomechanics • Decompression • degenerative spine • elderly • Fracture • Osteoporosis
• ISBN-10: 3-540-27376-X / 354027376X
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-27376-9 / 9783540273769