Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery....Pages 3-7
Technological Advances of Surgical Microscopes for Spine Surgery....Pages 8-11
Spinal Microsurgery....Pages 12-15
Microsurgical Instruments....Pages 16-22
Operating Room Setup and Handling of Surgical Microscopes....Pages 23-25
Computer-assisted Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery....Pages 26-32
Technique of Transoral Odontoidectomy....Pages 35-41
Microsurgical Treatment of Odontoid Fractures....Pages 42-53
Microsurgery of the Cervical Spine: The Anterior Approach....Pages 54-81
Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy (Microsurgical and Endoscopic)....Pages 82-91
Functional Segmental Reconstruction with the Bryan Cervical Disc Prosthesis....Pages 92-99
Microsurgical Total Cervical Disc Replacement....Pages 100-106
Microsurgical Posterior Approaches to the Cervical Spine....Pages 107-117
Microsurgical C1-2 Stabilization....Pages 118-126
Microsurgical Anterior Approach to T5–10 (Mini-TTA)....Pages 129-137
Microsurgical Anterior Approach to the Thoracolumbar Junction....Pages 138-143
Anatomic Principles of Thoracoscopic Spine Surgery....Pages 144-148
Principles of Endoscopic Techniques to the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine....Pages 149-155
Biomechanical Requirements in Minimally Invasive Spinal Fracture Treatment....Pages 156-163
Thoracoscopic Approaches in Spinal Deformities and Trauma....Pages 164-175
Thoracoscopic Techniques in Spinal Deformity....Pages 176-196
Mini-open Endoscopic Excision of Hemivertebrae....Pages 197-202
Thoracoscopically Assisted Anterior Approach to Thoracolumbar Fractures....Pages 203-214
A Minimally Invasive Open Approach for Reconstruction of the Anterior Column of the Thoracic and Lumbar Spine....Pages 215-221
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures....Pages 222-229
Microsurgical Open Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty....Pages 230-238
Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in Traumatic Fractures....Pages 239-246
Interventional and Semi-invasive Procedures for Low Back Pain and Disc Herniation....Pages 249-259
Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy....Pages 260-266
Microtherapy in Low Back Pain....Pages 267-277
Principles of Microsurgical Discectomy in Lumbar Disc Herniations....Pages 278-282
The Microsurgical Interlaminar, Paramedian Approach....Pages 283-296
The Translaminar Approach....Pages 297-303
The Lateral, Extraforaminal Approach....Pages 304-314
Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy....Pages 315-321
Microscopically Assisted Percutaneous Technique as a Minimally Invasive Approach to the Posterior Spine....Pages 322-330
Arthroscopic and Endoscopic Spine Surgery via a Posterolateral Approach....Pages 331-345
The Full-endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Lumbar Disc Herniations....Pages 346-355
Outpatient Microsurgical Lumbar Discectomy and Microdecompression Laminoplasty....Pages 356-363
Nucleus Reconstruction by Autologous Chondrocyte Transplantation....Pages 364-373
Autologous Disc Chondrocyte Transplantation....Pages 374-378
The ALPA Approach for Minimally Invasive Nucleus Pulposus Replacement....Pages 379-384
Mini-open Midline Accesses for Lumbar Total Disc Replacement....Pages 385-396
Microsurgical Decompression of Acquired (Degenerative) Central and Lateral Spinal Canal Stenosis....Pages 397-408
Microsurgical Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Mini-ALIF): The Lateral Retroperitoneal Approach to L2/3, L3/4, and L4/5....Pages 409-422
Microsurgical Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Mini-ALIF): The Transperitoneal Approach to L5/S1....Pages 423-434
Minimally Invasive 360° Lumbar Fusion....Pages 435-449
The Anterior Extraperitoneal Video-assisted Approach to the Lumbar Spine....Pages 450-458
Minimally Invasive Dynamic Stabilization of the Lumbar Motion Segment with an Interspinous Implant....Pages 459-465
Technical and Anatomical Considerations for the Placement of a Posterior Interspinous Stabilizer....Pages 466-475
Elastic Microsurgical Stabilization with a Posterior Shock Absorber....Pages 476-484