MINIMALLY INVASIVE SPINE SURGERY. SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Part I: Introduction
1. History and Evolution of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
2. Philosophy and Biology of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
3. Economics of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Part II: Enabling Technologies for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
4. Microscopes and Endoscopes
5. Intraoperative Neurophysiology Monitoring
6. Image Guidance
7. Robotic Assisted Spine Surgery
8. Fusion Biologics
9. Lasers

Part III: Surgical Techniques: Minimally Invasive Posterior Decompression
10. Posterior Cervical Decompression
11. Thoracic Decompression
12. Lumbar Decompression Using a Tubular Retractor System

Part IV: Surgical Techniques: Fusion
13. Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Fusion
14. Percutaneous Pedicle Screws
15. Minimally Invasive Facet Screw Fixation
16. Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
17. Mini-Open Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
18. Minimally Disruptive Lateral Transpsoas Approach for Thoracolumbar Anterior Interbody Fusion
19. Presacral Approaches for Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion
20. Mini-Open Lateral Thoracic Fusion
21. Thoracoscopic Fusion
22. The Painful Sacroiliac Iliac Joint

Part V: Disease-Specific Approaches
23. Cervical Herniated Nucleus Pulposus and Stenosis
24. Thoracic Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
25. Lumbar Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
26. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
27. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
28. Adolescent Scoliosis
29. Adult Scoliosis
30. Anterior Column Realignment (ACR): Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Treatment of Adult Sagittal Plane Deformity
31. Thoracolumbar Spine Trauma
32. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Spinal Tumors
33. Pathological Fractures
34. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in the Elderly
35. Minimally Invasive Applications of Motion

Part VI: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgical Complications
36. Choice of Minimally Invasive Approaches: A Review of Unique Risks and Complications
37. Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Complications with Implant Placement and Fixation
38. Neural and Dural Injury
39. Pseudarthrosis

Over the past decade, minimally invasive techniques have developed rapidly and are widely applied in the management of spine disorders. With the development of enabling technologies, including specifically designed spinal retractor systems, intra-operative imaging and navigation technologies, and real-time neural monitoring, minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) techniques are safe, effective and reproducible. Indeed, studies have confirmed the clinical and economic advantages of these procedures.

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery includes detailed discussions of enabling technologies, surgical techniques (including posterior decompression and fusion), approaches to specific diseases and conditions, as well as strategies to manage the unique risks and complications of MISS. Generously illustrated, this will be an essential reference for orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and all health care professionals who treat the spine.

AUTHORS & EDITORS
Frank M. Phillips, MD, Rush University Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA
Isador Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC, Texas Back Institute, Plano, TX, USA
David W. Polly, Jr., MD, University of Minnesota, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Minneapolis, MN, USA