Lateral Access Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

✍ Scribed by Sama, Andrew A.;Uribe, Juan S.;Wang, Michael Y

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017;2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 347
• Edition: 1st edition
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction: History and rationale for the minimally invasive lateral approach.- Biomechanics of lateral spinal reconstruction.- Physiologic benefits and the impact on the patient.- Costs and economic implications.- Workup and diagnostic injections.- Implants and lateral cages. Approach and localization: Patient selection.- Positioning and safety.- Intraoperative electrophysiologic monitoring.- Motor based monitoring.- Flouroscopic techniques.- Frameless navigation.- Techniques for avoiding psoas muscle and lumbosacral plexus injury. Soft tissue management: Single vs. dual incisions.- Retractor technology.- Transpsoas vs. Anterior To Psoas (ATP).- Thoracic MIS retro pleural access.- Psoas muscle management. Pathologies: Degenerative disc disease.- Spondylolisthesis.- Scoliosis.- Sagittal deformities.- Neoplasia.- Trauma.- Infection.- Adjacent level disease & Proximal junctional kyphosis.- Technical Nuances: Lateral fixation.- Posterior fixation options.- ALL sectioning.- Surgery at the L5-S1 level.- Osteobiologics. Managing and preventing complications: Vascular.- Hollow viscus.- Hernia.- Pseudarthrosis. Controversies: Selective apical fusions.- Short segment vs. Long segment fusions.- Approaching a deformity from the concavity vs. convexity.

✦ Subjects

(BIC subject category)MN;(BIC subject category)MNN;(BIC subject category)MNS;(BISAC Subject Heading)MED065000;(BISAC Subject Heading)MED085000;(BISAC Subject Heading)MED085010;(BISAC Subject Heading)MNN;Complications;Lumbar Spinal Fusion;Percutaneous Surgery;(Produktform)Paperback / softback;Spinal Deformity;(Springer Nature Marketing Classification)B;(Springer Nature Subject Code)SCH39000: Neurosurgery;(Springer Nature Subject Code)SCH45027: Surgical Orthopedics;(Springer Nature Subject Code)SC