Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease

In this book, leading international specialists in the field join forces to discuss topics, issues and approaches that are of key importance in the optimal treatment of lumbar degenerative disk disease. The coverage is wide ranging, from current understanding of physiopathology and genetics and modern imaging techniques through to the diverse minimally invasive, non-fusion, and fusion surgical techniques. Detailed attention is drawn to the most important aspects to be considered when approaching the patient and making treatment decisions. The role of conservative management is appraised, and surgical techniques and their indications are carefully described. In the concluding section, some of the top specialists from across the world reflect on the lessons that they have learned during lifetimes in spinal surgery. Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease will be an instructive and fascinating source of information for all spine surgeons and other spine care providers.

Author: João Luiz Pinheiro-Franco
Publisher: Springer
Published: 10/30/2015
Pages: 833
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 5.01lbs
Size: 10.38h x 7.24w x 2.03d
ISBN13: 9783662477557
ISBN10: 3662477556
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Orthopedics
- Medical | Surgery | Neurosurgery

About the Author
João Luiz M. C. Pinheiro-Franco was born in 1972. He studied medicine at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil, and subsequently undertook postgraduate courses in neurosurgery at the University of Strasbourg, France and the University of Tübingen, Germany. Dr. Pinheiro-Franco currently works at the Samaritano Hospital, São Paulo. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the European Spine Journal, member of the Assistant Editorial Board for Spine (Phila Pa - 1976), of the Editorial Board of Clinical Spine Surgery (former Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques) and is also Spine Section Editor of World Neurosurgery, the official journal of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). Dr. Pinheiro-Franco is member of the elected Board of the Brazilian Spine Society (SBC) and of the Spine Committee of the WFNS. In 2013, Dr. Pinheiro-Franco was elected Academic in the prestigious centennial São Paulo Academy of Medicine. In 2014 he was invited by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and participated in the Forum Sustainable Humanity Sustainable Nature - our Responsibility (Vatican, May 2014). He has been a Visiting Surgeon at various centers in the United States and Europe.