44 Vessel-X Darwono A. Bambang KEY POINTS • The Vessel-X is designed to restore the height of symptomatic vertebral compression fractures and to prevent the leakage of the injected bone…

36 Vertebral Body Stenting Paul F. Heini KEY POINTS • Vertebral body compression fractures are the hallmark of osteoporosis and often represent the starting point for the vicious circle of…

56 The Role of Dynamic Stabilization and the Aging Spine Reginald J. Davis KEY POINTS • The rationale behind posterior motion preservation devices is explained. • Devices for specific clinical…

54 Interspinous Spacers for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Dynamic Spinal Stenosis and Low Back Pain H. Michael Mayer KEY POINTS • Interspinous distraction of a motion segment of the lumbar…

51 The Role of Spinal Fusion and the Aging Spine Stenosis with Deformity Barton L. Sachs KEY POINTS • Adult scoliosis with spinal stenosis is a progressive condition that has…

46 Tumors of the Thoracic Spine Timothy F. Witham, Vivek A. Mehta, Ziya L. Gokaslan KEY POINTS • Surgical decompression followed by radiotherapy has replaced radiotherapy alone as the gold…

41 Structural Kyphoplasty: The StaXx FX System Harvinder S. Sandhu, Wayne J. Olan KEY POINTS • The StaXx FX system is an alternative to balloon kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty for the…

59 Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS) Techniques for the Decompression of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Zachary A. Smith, Farbod Asgarzadie, Larry T. Khoo KEY POINTS • Lumbar spinal stenosis has classically…

60 Minimally Invasive Scoliosis Treatment Choll W. Kim, Kamshad Raiszadeh, Steven R. Garfin KEY POINTS • Minimally invasive spine (MIS) techniques for the treatment of scoliosis are relatively new. •…