Modern Thoraco-Lumbar Implants for Spinal Fusion (eBook)

Prof. Roberto Delfini is a specialist in Neurosurgery at the Policlinico Umbreto I and chair of the University La Sapeinza of Rome as well as head of the School of Specialization in Neurosurgery. He is a Member of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery, where he held the position of Director, Treasurer, Secretary and President (currently past president). And he is also member of other national and international Societies of Neurosurgery and related disciplines as well as member of the World Academy of Neurosurgeons. In 2014 he was awarded the Prize Boniface VIII. He is author of over 300 scientific articles and book chapters on national laws and international neurosurgery. Prof. Delfini performed as first operator over 6,000 surgeries covering most of neurological diseases. His main fields of interest and activities are: the surgery of intracranial tumors in general and in particular tumors of the skull base; surgery of the brain and spinal vascular malformations; surgery of vertebrobasilar medullary cancer and degenerative and traumatic. 

1. The Role of Neuronavigation In Lumbar Spine SurgeryGualtiero Innocenzi2. Imaging In Lumbar Spine Surgery: The Role Of Intraoperative CT-scan.Giuseppe Calvosa, Miria Tenucci, Matteo Galgani, Stefano Vallini3. The Robotic Arm Guidance Systems: Principles and IndicationsEnrico Tessitore, Granit Molliqaj, Claudio Schonauer, Bawarjan Schatlo4. The Robotic Arm Guidance System: Applications And LimitsVejay Vakharia and Hani J. Marcus5. 3D Printed Tubular Guides for Pedicle Screw FixationRiccardo Cecchinato, Claudio Lamartina6. New Techniques and MIS – The XLIF TechniqueMassimo Balsano MD, Alexandros Zachos, Giulia Raffaella Mosele and Carlo Doria7. New Implants and Techniques in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Percutaneous Spine Fusion with the Posterolateral Endoscopic Approach.Rudolph Morgenstern and Christian Morgenstern8. New Techniques and MIS: The Minimally Invasive TLIFPatrizio Cervellini, Lorenzo Alvaro, Giacomo Beggio, Ludovico Rossetto9. New Techniques and MIS: The Awake TLIFHsuan-Kan Chang, John Paul George Kolcun, Michael Y. Wang10. New Techniques and MIS --- The Cortical Bone Trajectory Screws: Indications And LimitsKeitaro Matsugawa11. New Techniques And MIS: The Interspinous Fixation DevicesAlessandro Landi, Fabrizio Gregori, Nicola Marotta,  Roberto Delfini12. New Techniques And MIS – The Interfacet Fixation With Facet Wedge DeviceRené Hartensuer Maarten Spruit13. Expandable Cages and Minimal Invasive Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine for Anterior Column ReconstructionFederico De Iure, Michele Cappuccio, Giovanbattista Scimeca, Alessandro Corghi14. New Techniques and MIS: The Thoracoscopic ApproachFrancesco Signorelli, Massimiliano Visocchi