The book offers an exhaustive update on the surgical management of degenerative lumbar pathologies, bringing together numerous specialists from the French school of spinal surgery. It addresses the most recent clinical and radiological specificities of the degenerative lumbar spine, the main pathologies including degenerative disc disease and disc herniation, lumbar stenosis, degenerative spondylolisthesis and the reference surgical techniques, as well as the latest technological developments.

The publication will provide the reader with a unique and comprehensive overview of the role and modalities of surgery in the field of degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine. and is aimed primarily at young surgeons. it is part of a series devoted to spine surgery, the "SFCR Experts Series",  endorsed by  the French Society of Spine Surgery .

Dr Stéphane Litrico  is   a highly experienced Spine Surgeon, head of the spinal surgery unit at the  Nice University Hospital.

He practices degenerative and tumor spinal surgery as well as deformity surgery. He is a reference in the surgical management of chronic low back pain and in surgical techniques using an anterior lumbar approach

He has participated in several research projects on cervical and lumbar disc prostheses and is also involved in the teaching program of the French Society of Neurosurgery (SFNC) and the French Society of Spine Surgery (SFCR).

Dr. Litrico was the President of the French Society of Spinal Surgery (SFCR) and was referent of the spine section of the French Society of Neurosurgery (SFNC) .