Main description:

Macnab's Backache, Fourth Edition is an enhancement and update of Ian Macnab's classic principles of spinal anatomy and pathology, which form the cornerstones of clinical evaluation and treatment of spinal disorders. This edition is geared to practitioners in a wide variety of specialties and emphasizes the initial evaluation and treatment of patients with back pain and/or sciatica.

The book thoroughly describes and illustrates the pathoanatomy of various spinal disorders and its correlation with clinical symptoms. Also included are chapters on history taking, examination of the back, differential diagnosis of low back pain, pain management, and a new chapter on injections.

Contents:

Musculoskeletal Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, and Biomechanics of the Lumbar Spine

Classification of Low Back Pain and Alerts for Different Age Groups

Spondylogenic Back Pain: Osseous and Intervertebral Lesions

Spondylogenic Back Pain: Soft Tissue Lesions and Pain Mechanisms

Epidemiology and Natural History of Spondylogenic Backache

Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis

Inflammatory Spondyloarthropathies and Lesions of the Sacroiliac Joints

The History

Examination of the Back

Disc Degeneration without Root Irritation: Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain

Disc Degeneration with Root Irritation: Disc Ruptures

Disc Degeneration with Root Irritation: Spinal Stenosis

The Investigation

Differential Diagnosis of Low Back Pain

Injections

Pain

Complications and Failures of Spinal Surgery