Advanced Concepts in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
We’ve Been Standing Up for 10 Million Years....Pages 3-11
A Historical Overview of Sciatica....Pages 13-21
Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Injury, Herniation and Degeneration....Pages 23-39
Advances in Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease Pathophysiology Comprehension....Pages 41-59
Epidemiology of Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease....Pages 61-65
Genetics of Lumbar Disk Degeneration....Pages 67-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Imaging of Degenerative Disk Disease....Pages 91-108
Diskography....Pages 109-135
Modic Changes and Symptomatic Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease: Is There Any Correlation?....Pages 137-158
Degenerative Marrow Changes: Natural History Biomechanics in Relation to Symptoms....Pages 159-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Psychosocial Aspects and Work-Related Issues Regarding Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease....Pages 171-177
Legal Aspects in the Surgical Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease....Pages 179-184
Cost-Effective Spinal Surgery: Reality or Oxymoron?....Pages 185-193
Outcome Measures for Spinal Surgery....Pages 195-201
Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease: Workup and Conservative Treatment....Pages 203-218
Facet Joint Pain: Presentation and Treatment, Is It a Myth?....Pages 219-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Advanced Scientific Considerations for Surgery in Patients with Lumbar Disk Herniation....Pages 251-261
Surgery for Lumbar Disk Herniations....Pages 263-278
Lumbar Disk Revision Surgery....Pages 279-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
The Decision to Operate: Advanced Concepts....Pages 289-298
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
To Fuse or Not to Fuse: That’s the Question....Pages 299-304
Biomechanics of the Lumbar Degenerative Intervertebral Disk....Pages 305-310
Adjacent Segment Disease: Natural History of Lumbar Degeneration or Consequence of Fusion?....Pages 311-319
How to Obtain the Best Lumbar Lordosis....Pages 321-329
Bone Substitutes....Pages 331-342
Techniques for the Osteoporotic Spine That Needs Fusion....Pages 343-353
The Choice of TLIF for Lumbar Interbody Fusion....Pages 355-363
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)....Pages 365-381
Interbody Fusion Through the Transpsoas Approach....Pages 383-392
Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion....Pages 393-405
Instrumented PLIF in Lumbar Degenerative Spine: Principles, Indications, Technical Aspects, Results, Complications and Pitfalls....Pages 407-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Degenerative Disk Disease: Stages of Degeneration, Low Back Pain, and Insights on Intradiskal Therapies....Pages 423-440
Lumbar Spine Injections: An Evidence-Based Review....Pages 441-470
Endoscopic Procedures for the Lumbar Spine: A Comprehensive View....Pages 471-489
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Disk Herniation Surgery with Tubular Retractors: Indications and Technical Aspects....Pages 491-502
Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF): Indications and Techniques....Pages 503-512
Minimally Invasive Operation for Lumbar Fusion, Canal Stenosis, Degenerative Scoliosis, and Spondylolisthesis. Is It Possible?....Pages 513-523
Spine Injections for Persistent Lumbar and Radicular Pain After Lumbar Spine Surgery....Pages 525-574
Cell Transplantation for Lumbar Spine Degenerative Disk Disease....Pages 575-589
Spinal Robotics: Present Indications and Trends....Pages 591-600
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
Disk Arthroplasty: A 30-Year History....Pages 603-611
Biomechanics of Lumbar Disk Arthroplasty....Pages 613-632
Pedicle Screw-Based Dynamic Stabilization Devices in the Lumbar Spine: Biomechanical Concepts, Technologies, Classification, and Clinical Results....Pages 633-664
A Word from the Inventor of Intervertebral Dynamic Fixation: On Interspinous Devices....Pages 665-680
Interspinous Process Fixation for Motion Preservation....Pages 681-692
Front Matter....Pages 693-693
Degenerative Scoliosis: Surgical Treatment....Pages 695-701
The Importance of Sagittal Balance for the Treatment of Lumbar Degenerative Disk Disease....Pages 703-724
Compensatory Mechanisms Contributing to the Maintenance of Sagittal Balance in Degenerative Diseases of the Lumbar Spine....Pages 725-737
Posterior Impaction Osteotomy for Correction of Sagittal Imbalance in Iatrogenic Flat Back: Surgical Technique....Pages 739-751
Front Matter....Pages 753-753
Rational Evaluation and Management of the Patient with Spinal Pain....Pages 755-767
Lessons Learned from a Life....Pages 769-775
Lessons from 35 Years in the Trenches....Pages 777-781
History of Lumbar Endoscopic Spinal Surgery and the Intradiskal Therapies....Pages 783-791
The Importance of a Registry in Spinal Surgery....Pages 793-804
Lessons from a Life: The Journey of Spinal Neurosurgery in the United States....Pages 805-816
Back Matter....Pages 817-833