文档介绍：Do You Really Need
Back Surgery?:
A Surgeon’s Guide to
Neck and Back Pain and
How to Choose Your
Treatment
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (SN)
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Do You
Really Need
Back Surgery?
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Do You
Really Need
Back Surgery?
A Surgeon’s Guide to Neck and Back Pain
and How to Choose Your Treatment
Aaron G. Filler, MD, PhD, FRCS (SN)
3
2004
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Filler, Aaron G., 1956–
Do you really need back surgery? : a surgeon’s guide to back and neck pain
and how to choose your treatment / Aaron G. Filler.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-19-515835-0
1. Spine—Diseases—Treatment. 2. Spine—Wounds and injuries—Treatment.
3. Neck—Disease—Treatment. 4. Patient education. I. Title.
2004
'6059--dc22
2004007339
987654321
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
To Lise, Rachel, and Wyatt
» Contents «
Foreword J. Patrick Johnson, MD ix
Preface xi
Disclaimer xiv
How to Use This Book: Two Dozen Visits to Your Doctor 1
Part I: Spine Health
1 Acute, Chronic, and Recurring:
A Quick Tour of Neck and Back Pain 7
2 The Nature of Pain and How It Is Treated 23
3 Keeping the Spine Healthy: Ergonomics for Life