(1) Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA The major objective in surgery of herniated lumbar discs is decompression of…
(1) Marina Spine Center, Marina del Rey, CA, USA 1. Position the patient supine over the flexion crease in the table and hyperextend the lumbar spine for greater exposure….
and Robert G. WatkinsIV1 (1) Marina Spine Center, Marina del Rey, CA, USA The most commonly used approaches to this area are the direct paraspinous muscle-splitting incision and the more lateral…
(1) Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA The patient is placed in the supine position on a Jackson table with an inflatable bag under the lumbar spine in…
, Sanjay Ghosh2 and Srinath Samudrala3 (1) University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2) SENTA Clinic, San Diego, CA, USA (3) The Spine Institute at Glendale…
(1) Marina Spine Center, Marina del Rey, CA, USA 1. Position the patient supine on the table, the lower lumbar spine at the level of the kidney rests. …
(1) University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA Microcervical foraminotomy (MCF) is the term used by this author to specifically define a posterior microsurgical technique that has…
(1) Cedars-Sinai Spine Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA An anterior approach is optimal for many disease processes of the thoracic spine. These approaches have required a posterolateral thoracotomy to…
(1) Marina Spine Center, Marina del Rey, CA, USA 1. Make a standard skin incision over the entire length of the left 11th rib. Extend the incision from the…
(1) Marina Spine Center, Marina del Rey, CA, USA The costotransversectomy is a thoracic spine approach that can be made in one of two positions: prone [1 , 2]…
