Minimally Invasive Spine Surgerycombines up-to-date research on surgical techniques with high-definition surgical video and concise algorithmic evidence. Each of its sixteen chapters begins with a brief summary followed by imaging indications, instrumentation, a step-by-step surgical technique (and video guide), as well as the potential complications and adverse outcomes that may develop.

Techniques discussed in the text include: Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy; Percutaneous Posterior Pedicle Screw Placement; Lumbar Discectomy; Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF); Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion (LLIF).

Also included is a discussion on the types of implants and instrumentation available today and the potential advantages they offer, makingMinimally Invasive Spine Surgeryan essential and relevant book for orthopaedic and neurosurgeons.

Key Points

Authored by experts from Rush University Medical Centre and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in the United States
Includes DVD to enhance clinical instruction
273 full colour illustrations

1. Introduction to minimally invasive spine surgery ---1
2. Retractor system in minimally invasive spine surgery --- 9
3. Minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy --- 19
4. Minimally invaisve posterior cervical laminectomy and fusion --- 27
5. Percutaneous pedicle screw placement--- 45
6. Minimally invasive lateral petropleural appoach for thoracic discectomy and corpectomy--- 55
7. Percutaneous cemnet augmentation --- 65
8. Minimally invasive lumbar discectomy --- 75
9. Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion --- 85
10.Minimally invasive lateral lumbar interbody fusion --- 97
11.Mini-open anterior lumbar interbody fusion --- 109
12.Axial lumbar interbody fusion --- 119
13.Minimally invasive spine deformity correction --- 131
14.Minimally invasive spinal tumor resection --- 141
15.Minimally invasive surgery for spinal trauma --- 149
16.Minimally invaisve bone grafts osteobiologics ---157