1 Applied Anatomy and Percutaneous Approaches to the Lumbar Spine Alfonso García, Akarawit Asawasaksakul, and Gun Choi 1.1 Introduction After careful review of the anatomy of the spine in humans…
7 Interlaminar Surgical Approach for Percutaneous Endoscopic Laser Annuloplasty/Nucleoplasty Akarawit Asawasaksakul, Alfonso García, Ketan Deshpande, and Gun Choi 7.1 Introduction Apart from the transforaminal approach for percutaneous endoscopic laser annuloplasty/nucleoplasty,…
43 Foramen Magnum Decompression of Chiari Malformation Using Minimally Invasive Tubular Retractors Renée Kennedy, Mohammed Aref, Jetan Badhiwala, Brian Vinh, Saleh Almenawer, and Kesava (Kesh) Reddy 43.1 Clinical Case Example…
20 Endoscopic Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Instrumentation Faheem A. Sandhu 20.1 Introduction In the early 1900s, dorsal lumbar fusion techniques were often unsuccessful. This led Muller to attempt to…
37 Thoracoscopic Approaches to Deformity Correction [1] Leok-Lim Lau and Hee-Kit Wong 37.1 Introduction The thoracoscopic approach represents a physiological approach to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with a single, structural, main…
50 Posterior Tubular Endoscopic Cervical Laminectomy and Foraminotomy Albert P. Wong, Youssef J. Hamade, Zachary A. Smith, Nader S. Dahdaleh, and Richard G. Fessler 50.1 Introduction Cervical spondylosis is a…
53 Minimally Invasive Microsurgical Resection of Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Lesions Dragos Catana, Mohammed Aref, Jetan Badhiwala, Brian Vinh, Saleh Almenawer, and Kesava (Kesh) Reddy 53.1 Minimally Invasive Resection of T9–T10…
12 Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Laser Annuloplasty for Diskogenic Pain Victor Lo, Jongsun Lee, Ashley E. Brown, Alissa Redko, and Daniel H. Kim 12.1 Introduction Low back pain can affect up to…
2 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy: Transforaminal Approach Akarawit Asawasaksakul, Ketan Deshpande, Gun Choi, and Alfonso García 2.1 Introduction Kambin and Sampson in 19861 and Hijikata2 in 1989 performed nonvisualizing nucleotomy…
25 Endoscopic Removal of Intradural Extramedullary Space-Occupying Lesions Shrinivas M. Rohidas 25.1 Introduction The last two decades have seen the emergence of minimalism in spine surgery aimed at preventing approach-related…
