Chapter 7 Dorsal Root Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning Sang-Sik Choi, MD, Yong-Chul Kim, MD, PhD Conventional heat radiofrequency lesioning of the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) remains controversial owing to the…
Chapter 13 Intervertebral Discography Kyung-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD, Seung-Hun Baek, MD, PhD Concepts of discography Discography is a procedure that is used to characterize the pathoanatomy/architecture of the intervertebral disc…
Chapter 22 Anterior endoscopic cervical microdecompression of disc and foramen John Chiu, MD The standard treatment for cervical disc protrusions and foraminal stenosis ha s been anterior cervical microdecompression of…
Chapter 30 Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation Sang-Ho Lee, MD, PhD, Won-Gyu Choi, MD, PhD, Sung-Bae Ban, MD Anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) has advantages over other fusion procedures, such as…
Chapter 19 Unipedicular Approach for Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Kyung-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD, Tae-Kyun Kim, MD, PhD Unipedicular vertebroplasty is a percutaneous unipedicular approach [1,2] for introducing polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement into the…
Chapter 27 Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Lumbar Discectomy and Spinal Decompression Sebastian Ruetten, MD, PhD Endoscopic interlaminar access denotes a newly developed method for fully endoscopic uniportal operation of the lumbar spinal…
Chapter 14 Epiduroscopic Adhesiolysis Pyung-Bok Lee, MD, PhD, Seong Oh Kim, MD, Yong-Chul Kim, MD, PhD With epiduroscopy, it is now possible to directly observe pathologic conditions such as epidural…
Chapter 24 Endoscopy-Assisted Thoracic Microdiscectomy John Chiu, MD Historically, spinal surgeons have sought to find a surgical procedure of choice to treat thoracic disc herniations [1–14]. The threat of spinal…
Chapter 23 Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy and Stabilization Sang-Ho Lee, MD PhD, Won-Chul Choi, MD, Yong Ahn, MD PhD, Seung-Cheol Lee, MD Percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy (PECD) is a relatively…
Chapter 11 Sacroiliac Joint Block and Neuroablation Kyung-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD, Sang-Wook Shin, MD, PhD The sacroiliac joint (SIJ) is the largest axial joint in the body with an average…
