Main description:

This book provides a timely, comprehensive and evidence-based review of minimally invasive surgery of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine.

Minimally invasive techniques are now aided by more advanced endoscopic instruments, video, and computerised navigation systems broadening the range of surgical procedures that can be carried out with similar efficacy as traditional open spinal surgeries, without the significant burden on the patient recovery and rehabilitation.

This book thoroughly reviews the preclinical and clinical data on minimally invasive spinal surgery and describes and illustrates the current effective techniques.

An authoritative, international team of contributors add their clinical experience and expertise to provide a clear, authoritative and practical guide.

The book is organised in four sections covering cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine regions with a final section on the latest advances in technologies and the cost-effectiveness of current treatments.

Contents:

SECTION 1: MI TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE

1 Thermodiscoplasty (TDP) in cervical discopathy and rhizolysis

2 Transcorporeal foraminotomy for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy

3 Cervical endoscopic versus open foraminotomy for uncovertebral lateral stenosis

4 Endoscopic percutaneous assisted and open posterior cervical foraminotomy

5 Posterior foraminotomy versus anterior cervical disc replacement or fusion

SECTION 2: MI TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES TO THE THORACIC SPINE

6 Clinical evidence for thoracic discectomy under thoracoscopic guidance

7 Endoscopic transforaminal thoracic discectomy (ETTD)

8 Minimally invasive extracavitary versus open approach for thoracic disc herniation

9 Minimally invasive ventral decompression via oblique paraspinal approach

SECTION 3: MI TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES TO THE LUMBAR SPINE

10 Clinical outcomes with thermodiscoplasty

11 Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar annuloplasty for treatment of discogenic low back pain

12 Lumbar rhizotomy versus fusion for axial facet pain syndromes

13 Patho-anatomic evidence for endoscopic lumbar discectomy

14 Endoscopic transforaminal, interlaminar and transiliacal approaches for lumbar disc herniation

15 Percutaneous endoscopic intra-annular subligamentous herniotomy

16 Interspinous microscopic tubular decompression for treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis

17 Interspinous process distraction systems for spinal stenosis with or without concomitant degenerative spondylolisthesis

18 Minimally invasive spine surgery for degenerative lumbar disorders

19 Clinical outcomes with endoscopically assisted and open posterior transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

20 Interbody cage geometry, construct stability and alignment

21 Minimal dissection standalone ALIF in the elderly population

SECTION 4: COST EFFECTIVENESS AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES

22 Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar decompression and foraminoplasty for treatment of the degenerate lumbar spine

23 Advantages of outpatient ambulatory lumbar interbody fusion surgery

24 Advances in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

25 Physician extenders as part of an ambulatory spine surgery program

26 Difference in outcomes and patient satisfaction of spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis in minorities

27 Minimally invasive spine surgery for spinal neoplasms

28 Indication and benefit of lumbar spinal hardware removal

29 Percutaneous lumbar facet augmentation in the treatment of lumbar facet arthropathy

30 Trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression

31 Single incision robotic assisted laparoscopic mini-ALIF via transumbilical retroperitoneal approach

32 Percutaneous cement discoplasty: minimally invasive treatment of severe disc degeneration in elderly