By Robert Gunzburg MD PhD, Marek Szpalski MD, Max Aebi MD
ISBN-10: 0781788676
ISBN-13: 9780781788670
This quantity is a finished evaluate of the state-of-the-art within the administration of spinal tumors. prime specialists from the U.S., Europe, and India current the newest recommendations and findings at the epidemiology, type, prognosis, radiation remedy, and surgical procedure of basic and metastatic tumors of the backbone. an important component to the booklet specializes in present ideas for surgical procedure.
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Sitting is possible once head control is acquired, but the spine is in global kyphosis. After the acquisition of erect position, the definitive spinal morphology with lumbar lordosis, thoracic kyphosis, and cervical lordosis is obtained after walking. At birth, the head weight is 25% of the total body weight. 6% for an adult; heavy heads and weak cervical muscles explain the high risk to the cervical spine in infancy 35 36 and childhood. SPINE TRAUMA IN CHILDREN Patients to the age of 18 years represent 20% of the population, but only 3% of spinal fractures occur in children, which is very low.