Author Description

Case presentations review key elements of clinical evaluation and rational management of spine disorders not readily found in standard texts. A brief clinical vignette and a clinical photo are provided for each case, and the reader is encouraged to consider a differential diagnosis and formulate a plan for diagnosis and treatment. The next page reveals the correct diagnosis, discusses the disorder and the specific patient outcome, and concludes with 3-4 clinical pearls distilled from the case. Allows the reader to form a differential diagnosis and "guess" the definitive diagnosis Efficient and user-friendly, self-study approach is ideal for board review or keeping current These real patient cases are often different from standard "textbook" cases and therefore provide information not found in standard texts The Clinical Pearls sections distill the noteworthy points from each case