Myelopathy: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment

Disorders of the spinal cord are diverse and potentially devastating. They can present as acute, subacute and chronic disorders causing a variety of symptoms. Patients can present to pediatricians, internists, OBGYNs, emergency room physicians and neurologists requiring a diversity of clinicians to be familiar with the signs, symptoms, recommended testing and treatment options.

This book comprehensively addresses myelopathies, the broad spectrum of potential pathologies. Chapters cover approaches to acute, subacute and chronic myelopathies
individual myelopathic disorders
the pathobiology, epidemiology, signs, and symptoms of the disorder
diagnostic approach, and therapeutic options.