Modern Techniques in Spine Surgery

Minimally invasive techniques are now the preferred method for spine surgery because the incision is much smaller, causing less damage to surrounding muscles, pain is usually greatly reduced, and recovery time is faster.

This book is a practical guide to minimally invasive diagnostic and surgical techniques for spine operations. Beginning with an overview of spinal anatomy and the basics of minimally invasive surgery, the following chapters examine the management of numerous different spinal conditions. A complete chapter is dedicated to patients with spinal cord injury and rehabilitation.

More than 200 clinical photographs, diagrams and tables enhance the comprehensive text, making it an invaluable resource for both trainees and practising spine surgeons.

Key points

• Comprehensive guide to minimally invasive spine surgery
• Covers diagnosis and treatment of numerous spinal disorders
• Complete chapter dedicated to spinal injury and rehabilitation
• Includes more than 200 photographs and illustrations

1. Fundamental Anatomic Aspects of the Lumbar Foraminal Zone Applied to the Transforaminal Procedures
2. Philosophy of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
3. Sacroiliac Joint (Sij) Pain Syndrome: Anatomy Diagnosis and Treatment Surgical Laser Thermoneurectomy
4. Treatment for Sacro-Iliac Joint Pain - A Minimally Invasive Algorithmic Approach
5. Role of Disc- Fx® for Annulo-nucleoplasty in the Management of Lumbar Disc Pathology
6. Pearls and Tricks of Endoscopic Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery
7. Transforaminal Discectomy on Difficult L4L5 Hernias
8. Prevention of Development of Post-operative Dysesthesia in Transforaminal Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Intracanalicular Lumbar Disc Herniations (Floating Retraction Technique)
9. Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Migrated Herniations
10. Percutaneous Posterolateral Endoscopic Treatment for Spinal Infection
11. Microendoscopic Decompression Using Tubular Retractor System for Lumbar Canal Stenosis
12. How Much Cement is Enough for Vertebroplasty to Reduce Adjacent Vertebral Fractures in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures
13. Key Points in Minimally Invasive Spine Stabilization for Thoracic and Lumbar Lesions with Spine Navigation
14. Technique of Odontoid Screw Fixation for Type Ii Odontoid Fractures
15. Anterior Foraminotomy for Cervical Disc Disease
16. Anterior Cervical Corpectomy for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
17. Acute Management of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation
18. Laminoplasty with Suture Anchor Fixation
19. Motion Preservation Surgery in the Cervical Spine
20. Idiopathic Scoliosis: Principles of Surgical Management
21. Posterior Correction Techniques in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
22. Minimally Invasive Treatment of Pediatric Spinal Deformity
23. Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy: Surgical Technique
24. Management of Spinal Kyphotic Deformities
25. The Lumbar Facet Syndrome
26. Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis - Controversial Issues and a New Challenge
27. Degenerative Lumbar Kyphosis: Pathogenesis and Global Standard for Management
28. Sagittal Spinal Alignment and its Clinical Implication
29. Instability of Lumbar Spine—Diagnosis, Assessment and Management
30. Lateral Access to the L5-S1 and Adjacent Discs by Retracting the Psoas Muscle
31. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis—Current View
32. Combined Lumbo-Sacral Fusion in One Stage Using Anterior then Posterior Approach: Surgical Technique and Results
33. Surgical Results of Dynamic Nonfusion Stabilization with the Segmental Spinal Correction System for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Diseases with Instability: Minimum 2-year Follow-up
34. Pyogenic Spinal Infection—Current Views in Diagnosis and Management
35. Tuberculosis of Spine—Current Views in Diagnosis and Management and Global Standard
36. Sacropelvic Fixation
37. Surgery for Sacrum Tumors
38. Novel Interlaminar Dynamic Stabilization Concept and Device (Intra SPINE) for the Treatment of Early and Late Degenerative Problems in the Lumbar Spine

Arvind Bhave
Fellow, Spinal Injuries Centre (Japan); Fellow, Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (Korea); Professor in Orthopaedics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune; Spine Surgeon & Endoscopy & Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Deenanth Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India