Macnab’s Backache

**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. 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 backache : 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 canal stenosis The investigation Differential diagnosis of low back pain Injections Pain Complications and failures of spinal surgery.

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.

This new 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. The text 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