Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) and Fusion of the Lumbosacral Junction (L5-S1) Ajit Jada Sertac Kirnaz Mauricio J. Avila Connor Berlin Roger Härtl As the evolution of spinal surgery continues, there…
Navigating Preexisting Lumbar Instrumentation in MIS Revision Surgeries Courtney Pendleton George M. Ghobrial James S. Harrop The use of intraoperative navigation in spinal surgery has increased in tandem with the…
Lumbar Fusion for Adjacent Segment Disease: The Role of Minimally Invasive Approach Tony Tannoury Akhil Tawari Chadi Tannoury Adjacent segment disease (ASD) refers to a clinical spectrum of symptomatic degenerative…
Evaluation and Reasons for Failed Back Surgery Khalil Kharrat Amer Sebaaly DEFINITION First defined by North in 1991, failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) is a global term defining a non-satisfactory…
Adjacent Segment Disease: Factors and Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery Amandeep Bhalla Christopher M. Bono FACTORS RELATED TO ADJACENT SEGMENT DISEASE Spinal fusion has been established as the gold standard…
Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Discitis Nathan Wanderman Ilyas S. Aleem Ahmad Nassr Vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis constitute almost 97% of all spine infections.1 Untreated, these infections carry a mortality rate as…
Traumatic Lumbar Injuries, MIS Options Alexandra Miller Daniel Cavanaugh Tristan B. Weir Kelley E. Banagan Steven C. Ludwig REBUTTAL ▪ The Case against MIS Lumbar Fractures Fixation Abdulrazzaq Alobaid TRAUMATIC…
MIS Options for Tumor Management Fahed Zairi Tarek P. Sunna’ Daniel Shedid INTRODUCTION Spine tumors can be divided into primary tumors and metastasis from a distant primary cancer. Primary tumors…
Anterolateral Psoas-Sparing Approach to Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis Tony Tannoury Chadi Tannoury Spine surgery for degenerative scoliosis is challenging due to the technical difficulties and commonly associated complications. Surgical morbidities are…
Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques for Spondylolisthesis Treatment Dustin H. Massel Benjamin C. Mayo Krishna D. Modi William W. Long Philip K. Louie Kern Singh REBUTTAL ▪ The Case against Spondylolisthesis…
