Lumbar Spinal Imaging in Radicular Pain and Related Conditions: Understanding Diagnostic Images in a Clinical Context

by J.T. Wilmink

A general consensus exists, that lumbosacral nerve root compression is the primary cause of sciatica and neurogenic claudication, although humoral and vascular factors certainly play a role as well. This book focuses on imaging the various ways in which nerve root compression can come about, and determining which anatomic features are reliably associated with the production of radicular pain. After a discussion of the nature of radicular pain and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 354093829X
• ISBN13: 9783540938293
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 10.4"