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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
