41 Maximum Access Surgery Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (MAS PLIF) Joel Martin, Laura Hein, Pavan S. Upadhyayula, Vincent Cheung, and William Taylor Summary This chapter describes a brief history of…
37 LLIF T12/L1-L2 Cristiano Magalhães Menezes and Érica Godinho Menezes Summary The lateral transpsoas approach to the T12/L1-L2 (thoracolumbar junction) level requires careful management of the diaphragm, the pleura and…
23 Minimally Invasive C1/C2 Fusion Marcus Richter Summary Minimally invasive atlantoaxial fixation and fusion with posterior transarticular screws C1/C2 represents a modification of established and traditional techniques and screw trajectories….
40 Minimally Invasive Oblique Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusionss H. Michael Mayer, Andreas Korge, Frizzi Mayer, Franziska C. Heider, and Christoph Mehren Summary The main goal is a minimally invasive anterolateral…
18 Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy/Discectomy Luca Papavero Summary Posterior cervical foraminotomy (PCFo) is a clinically effective, cost effective, motion preserving, and time-proven surgical treatment for intraforaminal disc herniation and narrow root…
54 Surgical Training and Simulation in MISS Carolin Melcher, Thana Theofanis, Yusef Mosley, Geoffrey Stricsek, Sertac Kirnaz, and James S. Harrop Summary This chapter provides an overview of the integration…
27 Lateral Retropleural Thoracic Discectomy and Corpectomy David S. Xu, Jakub Godzik, S. Harrison Farber, Shashank V. Gandhi, Ernest J. Wright, Courtney Hemphill, Sebastian Uribe, and Juan S. Uribe Summary…
38 LLIF L2/3/4/5 Frank M. Phillips and Sravisht Iyer Summary The extreme lateral interbody fusion (XLIF) or lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) is a minimally invasive approach to fusion in…
33 Far-Lateral Lumbar Discectomies Eric H. Elowitz Summary Herniated lumbar discs are a major cause of pain and disability frequently affecting younger age patients. Although the most common location of…
21 MIS Endoscopic Approaches for OC–C1–C2 Pathology Rafael Uribe, Sertac Kirnaz, and Theodore H. Schwartz Summary Craniocervical junction is closely related to critical neurovascular structures including the carotid and vertebral…
