Low Back Pain

Professor of Radiology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Nancy M. Major, MD explains the epidemiology and clinical presentation of low back pain and the basic treatment options. While demonstrating how to utilize MRI appropriately in patients with low back disorders, she also shows how to recognize the limitations of lumbar spine MRI, and compares its application with alternate techniques for assessing disorders of infection, neo­plasia, lumbar disc, stenosis and trauma. Well populated with images, this small book gives the orthopedic surgeon as well as the primary care provider a quick and easy guide to indications for advanced imaging of the lumbar spine.


The “Radiology Guidance for Referring Physicians” series of eBooks offers practicing clinicians - both primary care doctors and specialists - a quick and easy reference to over 100 distinct conditions, and how state-of-the-art imaging should be employed within the context of diagnosis, preoperative staging and therapy monitoring. 


Authored by board certified radiologists who also teach at the finest medical schools in the U.S. and abroad, each eBook is presented in a clear and concise manner meant to be read in less than an hour, yet contains all the necessary information with which to base a decision on when to order advanced imaging studies for the particular disease process under review. 


The “Radiology Guidance for Referring Physicians” series of sub-specialty mini books offers doctors a way to access crucial information quickly as cases present in daily practice, without having to wade through large, (and expensive) comprehensive volumes.