Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Practical Guide to Anatomy and Techniques

✍ Scribed by Burak M. Ozgur (auth.), Burak Ozgur, Edward Benzel, Steven Garfin (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery is a beautifully illustrated atlas describing the 18 most widely accepted minimally invasive procedures in spine surgery. Written by leaders in both neurologic and orthopedic spine surgery, this book offers the most up-to-date material and the broadest perspective on the subject. Procedures range from simple to complex and cover the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
General Introduction and Principles of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery....Pages 1-5
Image-Guided Spinal Navigation: Principles and Clinical Applications....Pages 7-22
Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy....Pages 23-32
Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy and Laminectomy....Pages 33-42
Posterior Cervical Instrumentation and Fusion....Pages 43-58
Thoracoscopic Discectomy....Pages 59-66
Thoracic and Lumbar Kyphoplasty....Pages 67-75
Thoracoscopic Deformity Correction....Pages 77-86
Paracoccygeal Transsacral Access to the Lumbosacral Junction for Interbody Fusion and Stabilization....Pages 87-92
Facet Joint Anatomy and Approach for Denervation....Pages 93-98
Facet Joint and Epidural Injections....Pages 99-104
Discography and Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy....Pages 105-113
Discectomy and Laminectomy....Pages 115-120
Combining Minimally Invasive Techniques for Treating Multilevel Disease as Well as Adult Degenerative Scoliosis....Pages 121-127
Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF)....Pages 129-133
Lateral Approach for Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (XLIF and DLIF)....Pages 135-142
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)....Pages 143-148
Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Placement for Spinal Instrumentation....Pages 149-158
Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvest and Fusion Techniques....Pages 159-165
Technologies for Use in Indirect Distraction Procedures....Pages 167-177
Back Matter....Pages 179-187

✦ Subjects

Surgery; Orthopedics