Patient Booklet Krames® Cervical Disk Surgery, Treating Pain and Weakness intThe Neck and Arm

Features

• Deails healthy cervical disk structure
• disk problems
• and non-surgical and surgical treatment options
• including disk replacement Supports shared decision and informed consent discussions with the health care team to develop a treatment pland and set expectations Content includes: medical evaluation
• diagnostic testing; non-surgical treatments and self-care; preparing for cervical disk surgery and recovery; anterior surgery - diskectomy
• laminectomy
• and laminotomy; risks and complications of cervical disk surgery; hospital and home recovery
• pain management; prescribed movements for each exercise
• stretch
• or precaution; self-care and when to call the surgeon 16 pages
• full-color photography
• illustrations
• and enhanced anatomical artwork