Main description:

Minimally invasive procedures are increasingly utilized and are replacing open surgery to reduce scarring and pain, enhance patient recovery, and minimize cost. This guide provides step-by-step guidance, expert instruction, and detailed illustration of the most recent minimally invasive orthopedic spine procedures. With a variety of chapters covering critical developments in the field including the utilization of biologic materials, image-guided surgery, and bone fusion, this guide delves into discussions of indications, methods for preoperative planning, complication avoidance strategies, and patient outcomes.

Contents:

Anesthesia and Perioperative Care in MISS.- Diagnostic imaging of degenerative spine diseases: Technical approach.- Radiofrequency Lumbar Facet Joint Denervation.- Percutaneous treatment in lumbar disc herniation.- Assessment and Selection of the Appropriate Individualized Technique for Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Surgery.- Interspinous devices: State of the Art- Biomechanics.- Less-invasive decompression and posterolateral fusion using interlaminar lumbar instrumented fusion (ILIF) with or without supplemental transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF).- Minimal invasive Posterior Dynamic Stabilization: A new treatment option for disc degeneration- Yoda.- Percutaneous pedicle screws in the lumbar spine.- Minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery: current status.- Lumbar Nucleus Replacement.- Vertebral body augmentation in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.- The Sacroiliac Joint: A Minimally Invasive Approach.- Image- and Robotic Guidance in Spine Surgery.- Bone substitution in spine fusion: the past, the present, the future.- Microsurgical approach for the treatment of juxtafacet synovial cysts of the lumbar spine.