TY - BOOK AU - Vaccaro,Alexander R. AU - Fehlings,Michael AU - Dvorak,Marcel F. TI - Spine and spinal cord trauma: evidence-based management SN - 9781604062229 AV - RD533 U1 - 617.4/82044 22 PY - 2011///] CY - New York PB - Thieme KW - Spine KW - Wounds and injuries KW - Spinal cord KW - Evidence-based medicine KW - Spinal Injuries KW - therapy KW - Evidence-Based Medicine KW - Spinal Cord Injuries KW - diagnosis KW - Evidence-Based Practice KW - Moelle épinière KW - Lésions et blessures KW - Médecine factuelle KW - MEDICAL KW - Surgery KW - Neurosurgery KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Evidenz-basierte Medizin KW - gnd KW - Rückenmarksverletzung KW - Wirbelsäulenverletzung KW - Electronic books N1 - Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version; Includes bibliographical references; Evidence-based medicine: outcomes assessment -- Principles of evidence-based medicine in spine trauma -- Outcome assessment tools for spinal trauma patients -- The impact of evidence-based medicine in cervical trauma -- The impact of evidence-based medicine in thoracolumbar trauma -- Fundamental principles and clinical assessment -- The changing face of spinal trauma throughout the world -- Spinal embryology and anatomy of the pediatric and adult spine -- Emergency room evaluation of the spinal injury patient including assessment of spinal shock -- American spinal injury association neurological examination and neurological assessment of spinal cord injury -- Emergency nursing and allied health care of the spine and spinal cord injury patients -- Principles of nonoperative and intensive care unit management of spinal cord injury -- Pharmacological management of acute spinal cord injury -- Imaging -- Imaging of the thoracic and lumbar spine during the emergency department evaluation -- Clearing the cervical spine in the trauma patient: a systematic review -- Spinal nomenclature and image measurement techniques for cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral injuries -- Spinal stability -- Problem-based approach to the principles of spinal injury management -- Treatment and outcomes of pediatric spinal cord injury -- Principles of spinal instrumentation in the treatment of pediatric cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal injuries -- The benefits of early stabilization of spinal fractures in the trauma patient -- Principles of cervical whiplash management -- Timing of surgical intervention in the setting of acute spinal cord injury -- Management of spinal cord injury in the setting of a closed head injury -- Closed skeletal reduction and bracing of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spinal injuries -- Management of cervical spine injuries in the athlete: return-to-play criteria -- Upper cervical injuries and their management -- Craniocervical disruption: injuries of the occiput-C1-C2 region -- Management of type ii and type iii odontoid fractures -- Management of C2 traumatic spondylolisthesis (hangman's fracture) and other variants -- Subaxial cervical spine injuries and their management -- The subaxial cervical spine injury classification scale (SLIC) -- The cervical spine injury severity score (CSISS) -- Cervical burst fractures -- Flexion and cervical distraction injuries characterized by the SLIC system -- Distraction injuries and ankylosing spondylitis in cervical trauma -- Traumatic central cord syndrome secondary to cervical spondylosis -- Surgical approach to rotational/translational injuries using the SLIC system -- Management of cervical thoracic junctional injuries; Thoracolumbar spine injuries and their management -- The thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score (TLICS) -- Management of thoracolumbar compression fractures -- Nonoperative and surgical management of thoracolumbar burst fractures: a systematic review -- Thoracolumbar flexion-distraction injuries -- Thoracolumbar hyperextension injuries in the stiff spine -- Thoracolumbar injury classification for fracture-dislocations -- Confounders and their influence on the thoracolumbar injury classification and severity score (TLICS) -- Surgical management of osteoporotic thoracolumbar spinal fractures -- Surgical management of posttraumatic kyphosis -- The role of surgery in traumatic conus medullaris and cauda equina injuries -- Sacral fractures -- Rehabilitation following spinal injury and late complications -- Autonomic dysreflexia -- Management of neuropathic pain and late syrinx formation -- Rehabilitation strategies for spinal cord injury-induced neuropathic pain and spasticity -- Charcot disease of the spine after traumatic spinal cord injury -- Emerging techniques and translational research -- Anterior endoscopic treatment of thoracolumbar spine fractures -- Vertebroplasty techniques for stabilization of thoracolumbar spine traumatic fractures -- Minimally invasive posterior stabilization techniques in trauma -- Promising preclinical regeneration and repair strategies for spinal cord injury -- Emerging rehabilitation strategies for spinal cord injury -- Robotics, functional electrical stimulation, brain-computer interfaces, and locomotor training strategies -- Translational clinical research in acute spinal cord injury N2 - "Representing the collective efforts of a multinational, multidisciplinary panel of spine and spinal cord trauma masters, this beautifully illustrated evidence-based textbook does more than provide multiple treatment options -- it offers unique access to insights from recognized spine experts and a thoughtful yet practical review of the most relevant literature and clinical evidence available in the field today. Each chapter centers on pertinent questions and objective reviews of state-of-the-art procedures that guide readers from an evaluation of the evidence through practical recommendations they can easily apply to their own practices"--Publisher's description UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=534232 ER -