Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
A Surgical Manual
1st Edition
Published on 9. March 2013
XIV, 247 pages
978-3-662-08780-0 (ISBN)
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In the past few years spine surgery has undergone revolutionary changes leading towards minimally invasive techniques. This book is a survey of microsurgical as well as endoscopic surgical techniques for the treatment of a variety of spinal disorders. The structure of the individual chapters includes terminology, history, surgical principles, advantages/disadvantages, indications, surgical technique, complications and hazards as well as results. However all chapters are focused on a very didactic presentation of surgical steps. Thus, the reader will get familiar with a variety of new techniques some of which are already integrated into clinical routine others still being part of ongoing clinical trials and development.
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A Microsurgical Techniques.- 1 Spinal Microsurgery: A Short Introduction.- 2 The Three-Dimensional StereoSite Visualization and Information System Through Head-Mounted-Displays and Its Use in Microsurgery of the Spine.- 3 The Technique of Transoral Odontoidectomy.- 4 Microsurgery of the Cervical Spine: The Anterior Approach.- 5 Microsurgical Posterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine.- 6 The Microsurgical Anterior Approach to T5-T10 (Mini-TTA).- 7 Microsurgical Anterior Approach to the Thoraco-Lumbar Junction.- 8 Principles of Microsurgical Discectomy in Lumbar Disc Herniations.- 9 The Microsurgical Interlaminar, Paramedian Approach.- 10 The Lateral, Extraforaminal Approach.- 11 Microsurgical Decompression of Acquired (Degenerative) Central and Lateral Spinal Canal Stenosis.- 12 Microsurgical Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MINIALIF) - The Retroperitoneal Approach to L2/3, L3/4, and L4/5.- 13 Microsurgical Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: The Transperitoneal Approach to L5/S1.- B Endoscopic Techniques.- 14 Anatomic Principles of Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery.- 15 Principles of Endoscopic Techniques to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.- 16 Biomechanical Aspects of Anterior Instrumentation in Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery.- 17 Thoracoscopic Approaches in Spinal Deformities and Trauma.- 18 Thoracoscopic-Assisted Anterior Approach to Thoracolumbar Fractures.- 19 Arthroscopic Microdiscectomy.- 20 The Transforaminal Endoscopic Approach.- 21 The Laparoscopic Approach to the Lumbosacral Junction.- 22 The Endoscopic Retroperitoneal Approach to the Lumbar Spine.- 23 The Anterior Extraperitoneal Pararectal Video-Assisted Approach to the Lumbar Spine.- 24 Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression: Personal Experience and Outlook.
