Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine: Total En Bloc Spondylectomy Hideki Murakami Norio Kawahara Katsuro Tomita BACKGROUND Conventionally, curettage or piecemeal excision has been the usual approach to vertebral…
Costotransversectomy for Canal Decompression and Anterior Column Reconstruction via a Posterior Approach Yu-Po Lee Charles C. Chang Ankur D. Patel Steven R. Garfin DEFINITION The costotransversectomy uses a posterolateral approach…
Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation and Fusion for Trauma David H. Wei Kelley Banagan Steven C. Ludwig DEFINITION The advancement of minimally invasive techniques in spinal surgery, specifically percutaneous pedicle screw…
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Microdiscectomy and Laminectomy David Greg Anderson Christopher K. Kepler Victor M. Popov DEFINITION Lumbar microdiscectomy is the most common spinal operation.1 Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most…
Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Reginald S. Fayssoux Choll W. Kim DEFINITION Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MIS TLIF) is a modification of the Wiltse exposure for decompression…
Lateral Approaches to Interbody Fusion Keith W. Michael S. Tim Yoon DEFINITION Lateral approach to interbody fusion Many different names including extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF), direct lateral interbody fusion…
Anterior Thoracic Corpectomy Sheeraz A. Qureshi Samuel C. Overley Morgan N. Chen Andrew C. Hecht DEFINITION Anterior thoracic approaches provide a means of decompression, stabilization, and fusion for a variety…
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Disc Replacement, and Corpectomy D. Alex Stroh Brad W. Moatz P. Justin Tortolani DEFINITION Lumbar disc degeneration is an age-related process heralded by a loss of…
Iliac Crest Bone Graft Harvesting Sreeharsha V. Nandyala Alejandro Marquez-Lara Junyoung Ahn Kern Singh DEFINITION The use of autogenous bone graft is considered by most surgeons to be the gold…
Transforaminal and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Saad B. Chaudhary Mitchell F. Reiter DEFINITION Several arthrodesis techniques are available to address the various pathologic processes in the lumbar spine. The standard…
