Surgical Disorders of the Sacrum

Sponsored by the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, this monograph brings together the major concepts and other important information pertaining to sacral disorders from multiple disciplines, of use in the practical management of patients with sacral lesions. Among the topics in 40 contributed chapters are embryology of the sacrum, surgical anatomy of the sacrum, neurologic manifestations of sacral lesions, sacral ribs, human tail, fractures of the sacrum, sacral osteomyelitis, sacral neuroblastoma, rectal neoplasms involving the sacrum, surgical approaches, and sacrectomy. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.