The Spine: Medical and Surgical Conditions is a complete, two volume, evidence based study edited by an internationally recognised team of spine surgeons based in the USA, China, Canada, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Egypt and India.The two volumes are divided into 137 chapters, across fourteen sections. The first section covers general topics in spinal medicine, including anatomy, biomechanics, physical and neurological examination, interventional diagnostics and therapeutics, and anaesthesia. This is followed by sections on the development of the spine, metabolic disorders, and bone grafting. Subsequent sections focus on surgery for particular parts of the spine, including cervical, lumbar and thoracic, as well as sections on spinal cord injuries and motor preservation.Later sections in the book provide information on the spine in paediatrics, adult deformity, tumours, vascular malformations and infections, complications of spinal surgery, and a final section on minimally invasive techniques.Enhanced by 1500 full colour images, The Spine: Medical and Surgical Conditions is also made available online, complete with text, images and video, with each physical copy.Key PointsComprehensive, two volume guide to spinal medicineCovers anatomy, biomechanics, examination, diagnostics, therapeutics, anaesthesia, surgery and complicationsEnhanced by 1500 full colour imagesIncludes access to online version with complete text, images and video

Alexander Vaccaro
Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Pennsylvania, USA

Brian W Su MD
Spine Surgeon, Mt. Tam Orthopaedics and Spine Centre, Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA, United States

Yan Wang MD
Prof. & Director, Department of Orthopaedics, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China

Marcel F. Dvorak MD, FRCSC
Professor of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Canada

H Michael Mayer MD
Professor of Neurosurgery & Head of Department and Co-Director, Spine Centre and Schoen Klinik Back Institute, Munich, Germany

Kazuhiro Chiba MD PhD
Director, Kitasato University, Kitasato Institute Hospital, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

Luiz Vialle MD
Professor of Orthopaedics, Head Spine Unit, Catholic University, Curitiba, Brazil

Magdy Gamal Youssef MD
Professor of Spine Surgery, Ain Shams University, Khalifa El-Maamon St Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

S Rajasekaran MS, DNB,FRCS (Ed), M.Ch (Liv), FACS, FRCS(Eng),Ph.D.
Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, University of British Columbia, Canada