Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014

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.

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.

P.P.M. Menchetti, M.D., F.R.C.S.(US) ISLASS President, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Professor at Florence University, Italy.