State of the Art for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Abstract

A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Results of Microdiscectomy Under Regional and General Anesthesia.- Nucleoplasty as an Alternative Intradiscal Therapy: Indications and Technique.- Surgical Procedures and Clinical Results of Endoscopic Decompression for Lumbar Canal Stenosis.- Videotape-Assisted Thoracoscopy (VAT) for Anterior Release in Neuromuscular Scoliosis.- Clinical Outcomes of Microendoscopic Discectomy for Extraforaminal Lumbar Disc Herniation.- Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with Hydroxyapatite for the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Burst Fracture of Thoracolumbar Spine.- Surgical Results of Endoscopic Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: Three-Year Follow-up.- Laparoscopy-Assisted Mini-Open Lateral Approach for Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion.- Treatment of Internal Disc Derangement by Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Posterior Instrumentation.- Endoscopic Discectomy for Extraforaminal Lumbar Disc Herniation.- Anterolateral Approach to the Lumbar Spine.- Posterior Endoscopic Discectomy Using as Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy System Developed in Japan.- Intraspinal Examination with a Spinal Fiberscope (Myelofiberscope).- Clinical Outcomes of Posterior Endoscopic Discectomy for Central Disc Herniation and Posterior Endplate Lesions in the Lumbar Spine.- Diagnosis and Endoscopic Release of the Piriformis Muscle Under Local Anesthesia for Piriformis Syndrome.