Implantation of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
Chapter 16 Implantation of Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems Pyung-Bok Lee, MD, PhD, Sang-Chul Lee, MD, PhD, Yong-Chul Kim, MD, PhD Opioids produce a profound inhibition of the evoked discharge of…
Selective Percutaneous Posterolateral Endoscopic Lumbar Nuclectomy
Chapter 26 Selective Percutaneous Posterolateral Endoscopic Lumbar Nuclectomy Kyung-Hoon Kim, MD, PhD, Hyeon-Jung Lee, MD, PhD A percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) through a posterolateral approach is one of many…
Dorsal Root Ganglion Pulsed Radiofrequency Lesioning
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…
Intervertebral Discography
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…
Anterior Endoscopic Cervical Microdecompression of Disc and Foramen
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…
Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation
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…
Unipedicular Approach for Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
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…
Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Lumbar Discectomy and Spinal Decompression
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…
Epiduroscopic Adhesiolysis
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…
Endoscopy-Assisted Thoracic Microdiscectomy
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…
