Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Arvind Kulkarni Consultant Spine Surgeon, Spine Scoliosis and Disc Replacement Centre, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

SECTION 1 Fundamentals





Chapter 1 Introduction and Scope of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Chapter 2 Development of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Chapter 3 Concept of tubes in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries
Chapter 4 Applied Anatomy and Surgical Approaches in MISS Surgeries
Chapter 5 Ultrasonic bone dissectors in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Chapter 6 Hazards of Radiation in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Chapter 7 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Percutaneous Transpedicular Approaches to the Spine


 



SECTION 2 MIS in Cervical Spine





Chapter 8 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy without Fusion
Chapter 9 Tubular Retractors in Cervical Spine
Chapter 10 Cervical Laminoforaminotomy
Chapter 11 Minimally Invasive Transarticular C1–C2 Fixation (Mis-Tas)


 



SECTION 3 MIS in Lumbar Spine—Non-instrumented





Chapter 12 Microdiskectomy
Chapter 13 Philosophy and Basis of PELD
Chapter 14 Transforaminal Percutaneous Lumbar Endoscopic Diskectomy
Chapter 15 lumbar canal stenosis treated by Transforaminal Endoscopic access
Chapter 16 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy in Spondylodiskitis
Chapter 17 Microlumbar Diskectomy
Chapter 18 Microendoscopic Diskectomy
Chapter 19 Microendoscopy for Lumbar Disk Prolapse
Chapter 20 Tubular Decompression Technique in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Chapter 21 Endoscopic Lumbar canal decompression in Degenerative Stenosis


 



SECTION 4 MIS in Lumbar Spine—Instrumented





Chapter 22 MIS–TLIF Systems
Chapter 23 Minimally Invasive Surgery—Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Chapter 24 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Tlif): Miss/Mini-open
Chapter 25 Outcomes of Lumbar Microendoscopic Decompression Surgery
Chapter 26 Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery—Instrumented
Chapter 27 Management of Surgical Site Infection after Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery


 



SECTION 5 Tumors, Infections and Osteoporosis





Chapter 28 Vertebroplasty and Vesselplasty
Chapter 29 Kyphoplasty
Chapter 30 Scope of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Spinal Infections
Chapter 31 Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for Spinal Intradural Tumors


 



SECTION 6 Pain Management





Chapter 32 Epidural Steroid Injection
Chapter 33 Radiofrequency Ablation of Facet Joints
Chapter 34 Failed Back Surgery Syndrome


 



SECTION 7 Advances in MISS





Chapter 35 Robotics in Spine Surgery: An Ideal Surgical Assistant
Chapter 36A Lumbar Spinous Process Splitting Approach for Decompression in Lumbar Canal Stenosis
Chapter 36B Computer-assisted Spine Surgery: Navigation-guided Instrumentation in Minimally Invasive Spine surgery (Nav-MISS)
Chapter 37 Navigation in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Chapter 38 Minimally Invasive Atlantoaxial fusion
Chapter 39 Minimally Invasive Surgery in tuberculosis of Spine
Chapter 40 Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Instrumentation
Chapter 41 Tubular Retractors in Thoracic and Lumbar Spine


 



Index