Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine

P.P.M. Menchetti, M.D., F.R.C.S.(US) ISLASS President, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Professor at Florence University, Italy.

Anesthesia and Perioperative Care in MISS.- Diagnostic imaging of degenerative spine diseases.- Radiofrequency Lumbar Facet Joint Denervation.- Percutaneous treatment in lumbar disc herniation.- Assessment and Selection of the Appropriate Individualized Technique for Endoscopic Lumbar Disc Surgery.- Interspinous devices: State of the Art.- Less-invasive decompression and posterolateral fusion using ILIF with or without supplemental TLIF.- Minimal invasive Posterior Dynamic Stabilization: A new treatment option for disc degeneration.- Percutaneous pedicle screws in the lumbar spine.- Minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery: current status.- Lumbar Nucleus Replacement.- Vertebral body augmentation in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.- The Sacroiliac Joint: A Minimally Invasive Approach.- Image- and Robotic Guidance in Spine Surgery.- Bone substitution in spine fusion: the past, the present, the future.- Microsurgical approach for the treatment of juxtafacet synovial cysts ofthe lumbar spine.