This easy-to-consult guide describes new minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of
spinal instability that are accompanied by fewer complications and side-effects reduce the
risks of anesthesia and lower costs. Clear accounts of a range of CT X-ray and MRI guided
techniques are provided including radiofrequency ablation in facet syndrome cervical spine
fusion posterior and anterior lumbar spine fusion and lumbosacral fusion. A brief but
comprehensive introduction is included on biomechanics relevant clinical syndromes and
diagnostic imaging. Like other books in the Springer series New Procedures in Spinal
Interventional Neuroradiology this practice-oriented volume will fill a significant gap in the
literature and meet the need expressed by a large number of specialists (interventional
neuroradiologists and radiologists neurosurgeons and orthopedists) for a topical and handy
guide that specifically illustrates the presently available materials and methods.
