Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy for Spine and Nerves

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Surgical Anatomy of the Sacral Hiatus for Caudal Access to the Spinal Canal....Pages 1-3
Radiologic Anatomy of the Sacral Canal....Pages 5-8
Imaging in Degenerative Spine Pathology....Pages 9-15
Operative Management of Lumbar Disc Herniation....Pages 17-21
Philosophy and Concepts of Modern Spine Surgery....Pages 23-31
Minimally Invasive Treatment for Refractory Low Back Pain, Targeted by Epidural Endoscopy with O 2 /O 3 and Steroid Therapy....Pages 33-37
Epidural Injections: Past, Present and Future....Pages 39-40
Long Term Intrathecal Infusion of Opiates for Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome....Pages 41-47
Modic Changes: Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Clinical Correlation....Pages 49-53
Periduroscopy: General Review of Clinical Features and Development of Operative Models....Pages 55-65
The Effectiveness of Endoscopic Epidurolysis in Treatment of Degenerative Chronic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Analysis and Follow-up at 48 Months....Pages 67-73
Endoscopic Approaches to the Spinal Cord....Pages 75-84
Application of Pulsed Radio Frequency to the Dorsal Horn and Dorsal Roots....Pages 85-95
Automated Nucleotomy and Nucleolysis with Ozone....Pages 97-101
Treatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain with Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET): 24 Months Follow-Up in 50 Consecutive Patients....Pages 103-105
Percutaneous Coblation Nucleoplasty in Patients with Contained Lumbar Disc Prolapse: 1 Year Follow-Up in a Prospective Case Series....Pages 107-112
Plasma-Mediated Disc Decompression for Contained Cervical Disc Herniation: Results Through 5 Years....Pages 113-116
Percutaneous Laser Discectomy: Experience and Long Term Follow-Up....Pages 117-121
Mechanism of Action of Oxygen Ozone Therapy in the Treatment of Disc Herniation and Low Back Pain....Pages 123-125
Treatment of Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Degenerative Pathologies by Means of Combined Conservative Biochemical Treatments....Pages 127-135
Oxygen–Ozone Therapy for Degenerative Spine Disease in the Elderly: A Prospective Study....Pages 137-142
Ozone the One and Only Drug....Pages 143-146
Vertebral Augmentation: 7 Years Experience....Pages 147-161
Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF)....Pages 163-170
Experience with Coflex Interspinous Implant....Pages 171-175
DIAM Device for Low Back Pain in Degenerative Disc Disease....Pages 177-182
Percutaneous Surgical Treatment in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis with Aperius™–PercLID™: Indications, Surgical Technique and Results....Pages 183-186
Six Level Cervico-Thoracic Circumferential Reconstruction: Report of the Second Case of the Literature....Pages 187-190
Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation: StabilitiT™ A New Delivery System for Vertebral Fractures....Pages 191-195
Minimally Invasive Disc Preserving Surgery in Cervical Radiculopathies: The Posterior Microscopic and Endoscopic Approach....Pages 197-201
The Fullendoscopic Anterior Cervical Fusion: A New Horizon for Selective Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Decompression....Pages 203-207
Leucocyte-Platelet Haemocomponents for Topical Use: Regenerative Potentiality....Pages 209-211
Current Surgical Options for Articular Cartilage Repair....Pages 213-219
Facial–Hypoglossal Nerve End-to-Side Neurorrhaphy: Anatomical Study in Rats....Pages 221-226
Anatomic Study in Cadaver of the Motor Branch of the Musculocutaneous Nerve....Pages 227-232
Exposure of the Sciatic Nerve in the Gluteal Region Without Sectioning the Gluteus Maximus: An Anatomical and Microsurgical Study....Pages 233-240
Experimental and Clinical Employment of End-to-Side Coaptation: Our Experience....Pages 241-245
Considerations on the Treatment of Anterior Interosseous Nerve Syndrome....Pages 247-250
Percutaneous Balloon Compression of the Gasserian Ganglion for the Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: Personal Experience of 206 Patients....Pages 251-254
Erratum to: Six Level Cervico-Thoracic Circumferential Reconstruction: Report of the Second Case of the Literature....Pages E1-E1
Back Matter....Pages 255-264