Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Spinal Disorders

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Current Orthopaedic Practice

  • 1800 Accesses

Abstract

This chapter covers spinal disc disease, cervical myelopathy, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid cervical spine disease, torticollis, scoliosis, Scheuermann’s disease, spinal stenosis, spine infections and spondylolisthesis.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 89.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 119.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Further Reading

  • Bess S, et al. Complications of growing rod treatment for early onset scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010;92(15):2533–43.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bigos S, Bowyer O, Braen G, et al: Acute Lower Back Problems in Adults. Clinical Practice Guideline No 14. AHCPR Publication No 95–0642.

    Google Scholar 

  • Boden SD, Dodge LD, Bohlman HH, Rechtine GR. Rheumatoid arthritis of the cervical spine. A long-term analysis with predictors of paralysis and recovery. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1993;75:1282–97.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ciullo JV, Jackson DW. Pars interarticularis stress reaction, spondylolysis, and spondylolisthesis in gymnasts. Clin Sports Med. 1985;4:95–110.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Findlay C, Ayis S, Demetriades AK. Total disc replacement versus anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review with meta-analysis of data from a Total of 3160 patients across 14 randomized controlled trials with both short- and medium- to long-term outcomes. Bone Joint J. 2018;100-B:991–1001.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gornet MF, Burkus JK, Dryer RF, Peloza JH. Lumbar disc arthroplasty with maverick disc versus stand-alone interbody fusion: a prospective, randomized, controlled, multicenter investigational device exemption trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011;36:25.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Levin KH, Maggiano HJ, Wilbourn AJ. Cervical radiculopathies: comparison of surgical and EMG localization of single-root lesions. Neurology. 1996;46:1022–5.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Mehta MH. The rib–vertebra angle in the early diagnosis between resolving and progressive infantile scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1972;54:230–43.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Muijs SPJ, et al. Treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2011;93(9):1149–53.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nash CL, Moe JH. A study of vertebral rotation. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1969;51(2):223–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ng LC, Sell P. Predictive value of the duration of sciatica for lumbar discectomy. A prospective cohort study. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2004;86(4):546–9.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ranawat CS, O'Leary P, Pellicci P, et al. Cervical spine fusion in rheumatoid arthritis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1979;61:1003–10.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Resnick DK, Watters WC. Lumbar disc arthroplasty: a critical review. Clin Neurosurg. 2007;54:83–7.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Rothman RH, Simone FA, editors. The spine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: WB Saunders; 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sairyo K, Sakai T, Yasui N. Conservative treatment of lumbar spondylolysis in childhood and adolescence: the radiological signs which predict healing. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2009;91:206–9.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Seitsalo S, Osterman K, Hyvãrinen H, et al. Progression of spondylolisthesis in children and adolescents. A long-term follow-up of 272 patients. Spine (Phila Pa). 1991;16:417–21.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Spitzer WO, LeBlanc FE, Dupuis M, et al. Scientific approach to the assessment and management of activity-related spinal disorders. A monograph for clinicians. Report of the Quebec taskforce on spinal disorders. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1987;12(Suppl):S16–2.

    Google Scholar 

  • Todd N. Cauda equina syndrome: the timing of surgery probably does influence outcome. Brit J Neurosurg. 2009;19:301–6.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Waddell G, McCulloch JA, Kummel E, Venner RM. Nonorganic physical signs in low-back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1980;5:117–25.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Weber H. Lumbar disc herniation. A controlled, prospective study with ten years of observation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1983;8:131–40.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Weinstein JN, Lurie JD, Tosteson TD, et al. Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar disc herniation: four-year results for the spine patient outcome research trial (SPORT). Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2008;33:2789–800.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Weissman BN, Aliabadi P, Weinfeld MS, et al. Prognostic features of atlantoaxial subluxation in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Radiology. 1982;144:745–51.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wilke H, Neef P, Caimi M, et al. New in vivo measurements of pressures in the intervertebral disc in daily life. Spine. 1999;24:755–62.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wiltse LL, Newman PH, Macnab I. Classification of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1976;117:23–9.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wiltse LL, Widell EH Jr, Jackson DW. Fatigue fracture: the basic lesion in isthmic spondylolisthesis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1975;57:17–22.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wynne DR. Infantile idiopathic scoliosis. Causative factors, particularly in the first six months of life. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1975;57(2):138–41.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    Iqroop Chopra & Abdul Nazeer Moideen

Authors
  1. Iqroop Chopra
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Abdul Nazeer Moideen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Iqroop Chopra .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. University Hospital of Wales, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Cardiff, UK

    Sanjeev Agarwal

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Chopra, I., Moideen, A.N. (2022). Spinal Disorders. In: Agarwal, S. (eds) Current Orthopaedic Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78529-1_5

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78529-1_5

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-78528-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-78529-1

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation