Navigation in MISS
7 Navigation in MISS Rodrigo Navarro-Ramirez, Alisson R. Teles, Franziska Anna Schmidt, Sertac Kirnaz, and Roger Härtl Summary Three-dimensional navigation options offer new opportunities for more precise navigation in minimally…
Transforaminal Approach for Endoscopic Decompression
35 Transforaminal Approach for Endoscopic Decompression Ralf Wagner Summary The transforaminal approach for endoscopic decompression gives different options for accessing a disc herniation or spinal stenosis. Different techniques should be…
MIS Cervical Pedicle Screws—Percutaneous-Assisted Technique
49 MIS Cervical Pedicle Screws—Percutaneous- Assisted Technique Marcus Richter and Philipp Hartung Summary Although lateral mass screws are still the most commonly used technique for posterior instrumentation of the subaxial…
Strategies to Minimize Invasiveness and Optimize Success: OC Fusion
47 Strategies to Minimize Invasiveness and Optimize Success: OC Fusion Bernhard Meyer and Sandro M. Krieg Summary OC fusion could be one of the most complex and incapacitating procedures in…
Posterior Muscle Sparing Approaches for Decompression, Laminoplasty, and Laminectomy
22 Posterior Muscle Sparing Approaches for Decompression, Laminoplasty, and Laminectomy Lionel N. Metz, Martin H. Pham, Kevin M. Hwang, and K. Daniel Riew Summary Laminoplasty is a powerful operation for…
Posterior Cervical Facet Cages DTRAX
20 Posterior Cervical Facet Cages DTRAX Melissa Meyer, John B. Ferraro, and Rahul V. Shah Summary DTRAX posterior cervical facet cages provide a minimally invasive, tissue sparing approach to performing…
Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation and MISS SI Joint Fusion
44 Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation and MISS SI Joint Fusion Greg Anderson Summary The appropiate radiological identification of the pedicles and sacroilliac joint is key in every lumbosacral instrumentation case….
Percutaneous Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Lumbar Pathologies: Disc Herniation and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
34 Percutaneous Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Lumbar Pathologies: Disc Herniation and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Javier Quillo-Olvera and Jin-Sung Luke Kim Summary Recently, full-endoscopic techniques have emerged as a minimally invasive…
Unilateral Lumbar Approach for Over-the-Top Bilateral Decompression
32 Unilateral Lumbar Approach for Over-the-Top Bilateral Decompression Franziska C. Heider, Andreas Korge, and H. Michael Mayer Summary The main goal is a bilateral microsurgical decompression of the cauda equina…
Lifestyle Medicine: Optimizing Recovery Following MIS of the Spine
52 Lifestyle Medicine: Optimizing Recovery Following MIS of the Spine Jaspal Ricky Singh and Kyle F. Worell Summary Lifestyle medicine is the use of evidence-based therapeutic approaches utilizing exercise, nutrition,…
