Differential Diagnosis in Spine Surgery

• Covers the spectrum of conditions which patients with spinal and nonspinal pathology may present to the clinician

• Provides typical case presentations as well as the initial workup for each condition

• Focuses not only on the most common causes for neck and back pain, but also discusses less common conditions

• Presents ‘red flags’ for each patient scenario that could be indicative of serious conditions, as well as referred pain to spine.