Lumbar Disc Replacement: The Artificial Disc
43 Lumbar Disc Replacement: The Artificial Disc Fred H. Geisler Abstract Lumbar spinal arthroplasty was first reported in clinical settings nearly 30 years ago in patients with lumbar degenerative disc…
Minimally Invasive Laminectomy for Lumbar Stenosis
35 Minimally Invasive Laminectomy for Lumbar Stenosis Mick J. Perez-Cruet, Ronnie I. Mimran, R. Patrick Jacob, and Richard G. Fessler Abstract Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common spinal pathology…
Stabilization of the Sacroiliac Joint with the Sacroiliac Bone Surgical Implant
42 Stabilization of the Sacroiliac Joint with the Sacroiliac Bone Surgical Implant Fred H. Geisler and Jake P. Heiney Abstract This chapter summarizes both the surgical technique of minimally invasive…
Injection-Based Spine Procedures and Diagnostic Procedures
15 Injection-Based Spine Procedures and Diagnostic Procedures Henry Tong and Mick J. Perez-Cruet Abstract This chapter deals with the basic information every clinician doing spinal injections needs to know. We…
Anatomy of the Spine: An Overview
2 Anatomy of the Spine: An Overview Joshua E. Medow and Daniel K. Resnick Abstract The spine is composed of bone, ligament, muscle, discs, smooth, lubricated articular surfaces, spinal cord…
Minimally Invasive Treatment of Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Idiopathic Scoliosis
28 Minimally Invasive Treatment of Thoracic and Thoracolumbar Idiopathic Scoliosis Peter F. Picetti, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Zachary D. Patterson, David L. Downs, and George D. Picetti III Abstract This chapter…
Muscle Preserving Lumbar Microdiscectomy
33 Muscle Preserving Lumbar Microdiscectomy Mick J. Perez-Cruet and Moumita S.R. Choudhury Abstract Herniated lumbar disc was perhaps the first indicated pathology for the minimally invasive surgery (MIS) muscle preserving…
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Thoracic Case Studies
31 Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Thoracic Case Studies Mick J. Perez-Cruet, Richard G. Fessler, and Michael Y. Wang Abstract Minimally invasive spine (MIS) approaches to the thoracic spine allow many…
Minimally Invasive Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Spine Surgery
30 Minimally Invasive Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Spine Surgery Mick J. Perez-Cruet and Jorge Mendoza-Torres Abstract This chapter discusses the minimally invasive assisted robotic spine surgery (MARSS) for resection of paraspinal tumors….
Stem Cell–Based Intervertebral Disc Restoration
51 Stem Cell–Based Intervertebral Disc Restoration Mengqiao Alan Xi and Mick J. Perez-Cruet Abstract Biologic restoration of the degenerative intervertebral disc is the goal for restoring the natural integrity of…
