Burak Ozgur, Edward Benzel, Steven Garfin, editors
New York :
Springer,
c2009
1 online resource (xvii, 187 p.) :
ill. (some col.)
Includes bibliographical references and index
General introduction and principles of minimally invasive spine surgery -- Image-guided spinal navigation: principles and clinical applications -- Anterior cervical foraminotomy -- Posterior cervical foraminotomy and laminectomy -- Posterior cervical instrumentation and fusion -- Thoracoscopic discectomy -- Thoracic and lumbar kyphoplasty -- Thoracoscopic deformity correction -- Paracoccygeal transsacral access to the lumbosacral junction for interbody fusion and stabilization -- Facet joint anatomy and approach for denervation -- Facet joint and epidural injections -- Discography and endoscopic lumbar discectomy -- Discectomy and laminectomy -- Combining minimally invasive techniques for treating multilevel disease as well as adult degenerative scoliosis -- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) -- Lateral approach for anterior lumbar interbody fusion (XLIF and DLIF) -- Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) -- Percutaneous pedicle screw placement for spinal instrumentation -- Iliac crest bone graft harvest and fusion techniques -- Technologies for use in indirect distraction procedures