Anterior Thoracic Diskectomy William R. Hotchkiss Jacob M. Buchowski INTRODUCTION/INDICATIONS Thoracic disk herniations present a unique problem to the spine surgeon. Most thoracic disk herniations are in fact asymptomatic and…
Percutaneous Posterior Cervical Fusion for Degenerative Conditions Basheer A. Shakir Michael Y. Wang REBUTTAL ▪ The Case against MIS Posterior Cervical Fusion Daniel Riew INDICATIONS Posterior cervical fusion is often…
Percutaneous Posterior Cervical Fusion for Trauma Tony Tannoury Akhil Tawari Mustafa Turki Chadi Tannoury Minimally invasive spinal approaches are likely to reduce exposure to the surgical area and thereby limit…
Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Diskectomy Gun Choi Alfonso Garcia Bhushan Khedkar REBUTTAL ▪ The Case against MIS Cervical Diskectomy Alan S. Hilibrand First described by Robinson and Cloward, anterior cervical diskectomy…
Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy Grant D. Shifflett Frank M. Phillips REBUTTAL ▪ The Case against MIS Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy Jesse E. Bible Joon Y. Lee INTRODUCTION Brief Description of…
Biomechanics of Spinal Fixation Melissa Kuhn Sushil Sudershan Vijay Goel Hassan Serhan Nerve root decompression and stabilization of an unstable spine to relieve back pain and radiculopathy remains one of…
Biomechanics of Aging Spine Hassan Serhan Vijay Goel From a biomechanical perspective, several skeletal components working in harmony allow us the day-to-day human experiences of walking, running, and, in some…
Evaluation of Spinal Balance Munish C. Gupta Evaluating a patient with spinal deformity for coronal and sagittal balance is as important as the radiographic evaluation of coronal and sagittal alignment….
Biologics in Spine Arthrodesis Joseph A. Weiner Wellington K. Hsu Spine arthrodesis is frequently performed in the treatment of spine trauma, tumors, and complex degenerative disorders. With an estimated 413,000…
Zygapophysial Joint Blocks and Radiofrequency Ablation Marzena Buzanowska William Bonner Yejia Zhang Christopher T. Plastaras Zygapophysial joints (z-joints, also known as facet joints) are true synovial joints in the spine…
