Extra Foraminal Approach
Extra Foraminal Approach Tarek P. Sunna’ Daniel Shedid Fahed Zairi Extraforaminal lumbar disk herniations represent 7% to 12% of all lumbar disk herniations.1 Historically the pathology was first described in…
TLIF/PLIF MIS Option
TLIF/PLIF MIS Option Philip K. Louie Dustin H. Massel Benjamin C. Mayo Grant D. Shifflet William W. Long Krishna Modi Kern Singh REBUTTAL ▪ The Case against MIS TLIF/PLLIF Todd…
Translaminar MIS Decompression
Translaminar MIS Decompression Joe Y. B. Lee Neil Badlani REBUTTAL ▪ The Case against MIS Lumbar Decompression Howard An Alem Yacob A standard open approach to achieve a wide laminectomy,…
Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty Sergey Mlyavykh Andrey Bokov Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are minimally invasive procedures that are based on the injection of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) into the vertebral body through a biopsy…
Minimally Invasive Options for Traumatic Conditions
Minimally Invasive Options for Traumatic Conditions Kevin Khalsa Gloribel Le Tristan B.Weir Steven C. Ludwig Kelley E. Banagan REBUTTAL ▪ The Case agains MIS Thoracic Fractures Fixation Kirkham Wood The…
Posterior Thoracic Far Lateral Diskectomy
Posterior Thoracic Far Lateral Diskectomy Chadi Tannoury D. Greg Anderson Akhil Tawari Tony Tannoury Thoracic intervertebral disk herniation (TIDH) is a rare condition with an incidence of one per million…
Minimally Invasive Extrapleural Thoracotomy
Minimally Invasive Extrapleural Thoracotomy Tony Tannoury Akhil Tawari Chadi Tannoury Anterior approaches to the thoracic and the thoracolumbar region usually provide versatility that is seldom seen with the posterior exposures….
Minimally Invasive Corpectomy with Fusion
Minimally Invasive Corpectomy with Fusion Rudolf Beisse Franziska C. Heider INTRODUCTION Anterior reconstructive procedures at the anterior column of the truncal spine can be conducted via conventional open or so-called…
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Options for Scoliosis
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Options for Scoliosis Baron Lonner Yuan Ren Gabrielle Kassin Open posterior technique for the treatment of scoliosis has evolved from Harrington instrumentation with two hooks and one rod,…
Anterior Thoracic Diskectomy
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…
