Textbook of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Description
This book provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS), covering both established and emerging surgical techniques and technologies that are shaping modern spinal practice.
The volume is organized into thematic sections addressing lumbar endoscopic decompression and fusion, thoracic and cervical endoscopic procedures, minimally invasive fusion strategies including MIS-TLIF and lateral approaches, and anterior spinal techniques. In addition, the book examines enabling technologies such as spinal navigation, robotics, augmented/virtual/mixed reality (AR/VR/MR), and artificial intelligence applications in spine surgery.
Each chapter presents detailed technical descriptions supported by high-quality illustrations and operative videos, with practical pearls and pitfalls highlighted to facilitate safe and effective implementation in clinical practice.
Written by internationally recognized experts, the book is intended for spine surgeons ranging from trainees to experienced specialists who wish to incorporate minimally invasive techniques into their surgical practice. It will also be of interest to surgical nurses, medical engineers, radiologic technologists, and other healthcare professionals involved in spinal care.
By integrating current surgical concepts with practical operative guidance, Textbook of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Concepts and Surgical Techniques serves as a valuable reference for contemporary minimally invasive spinal surgery.
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Persons
Professor Yoshihisa Kotani trained in spinal surgery at Hokkaido University Hospital under the mentorship of Professor Kiyoshi Kaneda from 1989 to 2012. His clinical expertise includes spinal reconstruction and minimally invasive spine surgery.
In 2019, he joined Kansai Medical University in Osaka, Japan. Professor Kotani has been an active member of the (NASS), (SRS), and (SMISS). In 2019, he became the founding President of the Asia-Pacific Section of SMISS (SMISS AP) and currently serves as International Director of SMISS.
Professor Kotani has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in the field of spinal surgery and related research. His academic and clinical activities focus on the advancement and dissemination of minimally invasive spine surgery throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Professor Jin-Sung Kim (a.k.a. Luke SpineWalker) is a world-renowned spinal endoscopic surgeon at the Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea. He specializes in minimally invasive spine surgery, full-endoscopic and biportal endoscopic spine surgery, transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, and oblique lateral interbody fusion. He has published over 280 peer-reviewed articles in the field of spine surgery and is widely regarded as one of the most influential researchers in endoscopic spine surgery. He leads international multicenter randomized controlled trials in endoscopic spine surgery and serves as principal investigator on multiple government-funded national research projects advancing endoscopic technology and surgical robotics. His institution has become a major international training hub, attracting visiting surgeons from around the world to learn his endoscopic techniques. He is the founding Director of the SpineWalker Academy, an international mentorship network for endoscopic spine surgeons. He serves as Deputy Editor of Global Spine Journal and Neurospine, International Director of SMISS, Co-president of SMISS Asia-Pacific, and as a member of the NASS ISGC and the AOSpine Steering Committee & MIS Task Force.
Professor Frank M. Phillips is the Ronald Dewald Endowed Professor at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago. He is a world renowned spine surgeon who over the past three decades has participated in the development and pioneered numerous minimally invasive surgery techniques that are now widely adopted. He has lectured internationally on MIS techniques and outcomes, has published over 200 scientific peer-reviewed articles, over 50 book chapters and has received numerous research awards and grants. Dr. Phillips is a founder and past president of the Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (SMISS), past president of the International Society for Advanced Spine Surgery (ISASS), founder and past president of the Society of Lateral Access Surgery (SOLAS) and has been the Program Chair for CSRS Annual meeting. In 2021 he received the Leon Wiltse Award for his lifetime contributions to Spinal Surgery from the North American Spine Society (NASS).
Content
Advantage and clinical evidence of MIS.- History and Progress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.- Invasive Spine Surgery.- Clinical evidence of MIS spine surgery: review.- Lumbar endoscopy Decompression.- Basic Set- Endoscopic Spine Surgery.- Transforaminal endoscopic discectomy.- Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy. - Interlaminar Endoscopic Decompression for Central Stenosis.- Endoscopic spinal decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis Lumbar endoscopy:Fusion.- MELIF (Microendoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion).- Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (UBE-TLIF): Principles, Techniques, and Outcomes PETLIF: Percutaneous endoscopic transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.- Thoracic endoscopy Transforaminal endoscopic thoracic discectomy.- Endoscopic Decompression of Thoracic Myelopathy due to Thoracic Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL) and Ligamentum Flavum (OLF).- Cervical endoscopy .- Cervical MEF, MEL Anterior Enoscopic Cervical Discectomy .- Posterior Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy.- Complication management of spine endoscopy.- Complications and Management in Endoscopic Spine Surgery.- Complication and Prevention of Unilateral Biportal Endoscopy Spinal fusion: Posterior.- Clinical Impact of Muscle-Sparing Wiltse Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody and Fusion MIS - TLIF in High-Grade Spondylolisthesis.- Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MIS-TLIF) in Challenging Situations CBT Cortical Bone trajectory in MIS Surgery.- Spinal fusion: Lateral .- Importance of preop evaluation for LLIF.- Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion Techniques in MIS Surgery.- Single Position Lateral Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion (OLIF): An Innovative Approach.- Prone single-position lateral lumbar interbody fusion surgery.- Spinal fusion: Anterior.- Basics of Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) and Pitfall.- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) Basics of Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion at L5/S1 (OLIF51) and its pitfalls.- Basics of ACR and its pitfall.- Preventing vascular injury during spinal surgery Complication management of MIS spine fusion.- Osteoporosis Management in Spine Surgery: Strategies for Optimizing Bone Health.- Instrumentation failures in Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion Surgery and their management.- The Management Options of Adjacent Segment Disease (ASD).- Spine deformity surgery.- Planning for MIS Deformity.- Vertebral Body Tethering: Applications in Paediatric Spinal Deformity.- Recent advances in minimally invasive surgical techniques for adult spinal deformity and the role of lateral lumbar interbody fusion.- Minimally-Invasive Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy in Spinal Deformity Surgery.- Techniques and complication prevention for cMIS.- Application of OLIF51 for adult deformity surgery.- Indications and Possibility of Short Fusion in Adult Spine Deformity
Complication management of spine deformity surgery.- Overview of surgical complications of adult spinal deformity surgery.- Understanding Mechanical Complications in ASD Surgery.- Selection of Surgical Strategies to Prevent Complications in Deformity Surgery.- Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring: its role in spinal deformity surgery.- Enabling technology: Spinal Navigation.- Development and Overview of Spinal Navigation: Engineering Aspects.- Development and overview of spinal navigation: clinical aspects .- Usefulness of surgical navigation in deformity surgery.- Usefulness of spinal navigation in cervical MIS surgery Application of spinal navigation in anterior cervical OPLL surgery.- Evidence-based review of spinal navigation use for radiation exposure reduction.- Enabling technology: Robotic Development and Overview of Robotic Spine Surgery.- Clinical application of robotics for lumbar spine surgery Robot-assisted surgery in Severe Spinal Deformities.- Evolution and application of robotic spine surgery in China Innovative Robotic Spine Center and Training in Korea.- Enabling technology: AR, VR, MR and AI.- Development and Application of Augmented Reality Technology in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.- Augmented Reality in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.- Artificial Intelligence versus Physician Diagnostic Accuracy in Spine and Spinal Cord Conditions.- Motion preservation technology.- LUMBAR TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT.- Cervical disc replacement.- Revision cervical disc replacement: technique and pitfalls.- Total Disc Replacement (TDR) in Adult Spinal Deformity.- SIJ arthrosis and fusion.- Diagnosis and Standardized Treatment Strategy for Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction.- History of sacroiliac joint fusion and recent clinical results.- Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion.- Pitfalls of SIJ fusion surgery.- Innovation of spine implants and materials.- Development of antibacterial spinal cage and its application.- Update of surgical hemostats: materials and applicationsConcept of Spinal Fusion Device Promoting Bone Matrix Orientation and Its Application to Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.