The area of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery has grown tremendously since the introduction of the 1 st edition of this book in 2000. This revised edition offers a complete survey of all microsurgical and endoscopic techniques; placing a special focus on semi-invasive injection techniques for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in the lower back. Every chapter is structured with terminology, history, surgical principles, advantages/disadvantages indications, complications and results to present the reader with a comprehensive in depth view of all techniques.

Completely revised and expanded more than 20 new chapters Complete survey of the field and solid instructions for the daily practice Provides a wealth of clear, instructive illustrations User-friendly format and clear chapter structure facilitate navigation through the book Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.- Technological Advances of Surgical Microscopes for Spine Surgery.- Spinal Microsurgery.- Microsurgical Instruments.- Operating Room Setup and Handling of Surgical Microscopes.- Computer-assisted Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.- Technique of Transoral Odontoidectomy.- Microsurgical Treatment of Odontoid Fractures.- Microsurgery of the Cervical Spine: The Anterior Approach.- Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy (Microsurgical and Endoscopic).- Functional Segmental Reconstruction with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis.- Microsurgical Total Cervical Disc Replacement.- Microsurgical Posterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine.- Microsurgical C1-2 Stabilization.- Microsurgical Anterior Approach to T510 (Mini-TTA).- Microsurgical Anterior Approach to the Thoracolumbar Junction.- Anatomic Principles of Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery.- Principles of Endoscopic Techniques to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.- Biomechanical Requirements in Minimally Invasive Spinal Fracture Treatment.- Thoracoscopic Approaches in Spinal Deformities and Trauma.- Thoracoscopic Techniques in Spinal Deformity.- Mini-open Endoscopic Excision of Hemivertebrae.- Thoracoscopically Assisted Anterior Approach to Thoracolumbar Fractures.- A Minimally Invasive Open Approach for Reconstruction of the Anterior Column of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine.- Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures.- Microsurgical Open Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty.- Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in Traumatic Fractures.- Interventional and Semi-invasive Procedures for Low Back Pain and Disc Herniation.- Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy.- Microtherapy in Low Back Pain.- Principles of Microsurgical Discectomy in Lumbar Disc Herniations.- The Microsurgical Interlaminar, ParamedianApproach.- The Translaminar Approach.- The Lateral, Extraforaminal Approach.- Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy.- Microscopically Assisted Percutaneous Technique as a Minimally Invasive Approach to the Posterior Spine.- Arthroscopic and Endoscopic Spine Surgery via a Posterolateral Approach.- The Full-endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Lumbar Disc Herniations.- Outpatient Microsurgical Lumbar Discectomy and Microdecompression Laminoplasty.- Nucleus Reconstruction by Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation.- Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation.- The ALPA Approach for Minimally Invasive Nucleus Pulposus Replacement.- Mini-open Midline Accesses for Lumbar Total Disc Replacement.- Microsurgical Decompression of Acquired (Degenerative) Central and Lateral Spinal Canal Stenosis.- Microsurgical Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Mini-ALIF): The Lateral Retroperitoneal Approach to L2/3, L3/4, and L4/5.- Microsurgical Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Mini-ALIF): The Transperitoneal Approach to L5/S1.- Minimally Invasive 360° Lumbar Fusion.- The Anterior Extraperitoneal Video-assisted Approach to the Lumbar Spine.- Minimally Invasive Dynamic Stabilization of the Lumbar Motion Segment with an Interspinous Implant.- Technical and Anatomical Considerations for the Placement of a Posterior Interspinous Stabilizer.- Elastic Microsurgical Stabilization with a Posterior Shock Absorber.