A. Baaj, P.V. Mummaneni, J.S. Uribe, A.R. Vaccaro, M.S. Greenberg (eds): Handbook of spine surgery

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The editors and contributors should be highly commended for this very valuable contribution in the literature of spinal pathology and its surgical treatment. The format of the book and also the content completely justify the designation as handbook. In a very concise way, the most relevant but also recently updated information is given about a very large amount of subjects. Although the focus is spine surgery, the merits of conservative treatment are also highlighted. The subjects that are dealt with cover many daily practices, varying from private to academic. The audience for this book will be broad: from residents in a field that is related to spinal pathology to full clinical professors. Although sometimes the management of a disease is considered from the point of view of someone working in the United States (e.g. Ch. 39, p. 277: “The current indications for cervical arthroplasty in the United States … ”, without making a statement about other countries) and most of the contributors are from the United States, the knowledge can perfectly been used in Europe and, I assume, also other countries. …