The Failed Back Syndrome ; Copyright ; Preface to the Second Edition ; Preface to the First Edition ; Acknowledgments ; Contents ; 1 Introduction: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Therapy ; 2 The Role of Improper Surgery in the Etiology of the Failed Back Syndrome ; 3 Symptomatic Diagnosis; 4 Precise Diagnosis of Specific Syndromes ; 5 Noninvasive Therapy ; 6 Needle Therapy ; 7 Surgical Therapy ; 8 Team Approach or Individual Effort? ; References ; Suggested Readings ; Index of Case Reports ; Subject Index.