Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy for Spine and Nerves

• A. Porzionato et al.: Surgical anatomy of the sacral hiatus for caudal access to the spinal canal. –  V. Macchi et al.: Radiologic anatomy of the sacral canal. – C. Colosimo et al.: Imaging in degenerative spine pathology. – F. Postacchini, R. Postacchini: Operative management of lumbar disc herniation. – J. Soriano-Sánchez: Philosophy and concepts of the modern spine surgery. – M. Masini A. Calaca: Minimally invasive treatment for refractory low back pain, targeted by epidural endoscopy with o2/o3 and steroid therapy epidural injections: past, present and future. – M. Masini: Epidural injections: past, present and future. – L. Nilton Alves, Jr. et al.: Long term intrathecal infusion of opiates for treatment of failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS). – C.C.Quattrocchi et al.: Modic changes: anatomy, pathophysiology and clinical correlation. – W. Raffaeli et al.: Periduroscopy: general review of clinical features and development of operative models. – A. Di Donato et al.: The effectiveness of endoscopic epidurolysis in the treatment of degenerative chronic low back pain: a prospective analysis and follow-up at 48 months. –E. Talamoni Fonoff et al.: Endoscopic approaches to the spinal cord. – O. Omar-Pasha: Application of pulsed radio frequency to the dorsal horn and dorsal roots. – M. G. Baboor: Automated nucleotomy and nucleolysis with ozone. R. Assietti et al.: Treatment of discogenic low back pain with intradiscal electrothermal therapy (idet):  24 months follow-up in 50 consecutive patients. – T. Sinan et al.: Percutaneous coblation nucleoplasty in patients with contained lumbar disc prolapse. One year follow-up in a prospective case series. – A. Cesaroni et al.:Plasma-mediated disc decompression for contained cervical disc herniation: results through five years. – P.P. M. Menchetti et al.: Percutaneous laser discectomy. Experience and long term follow-up. – E. Borrelli: Mechanism of action of oxygen ozone therapy in the treatment of disc herniation and low back pain. – A. Alexandre et al.: Treatment of symptomatic lumbar spinal degenerative pathologies by means of combined conservative biochemical treatments. – M. Bonetti: Oxygen-ozone therapy for degenerative spine disease in the elderly: a prospective study. – A. Pepa Osvaldo: Ozone the one and only drug. – G.C. Anselmetti et al.: Vertebral augmentation: 7 years experience. – F. Molina et al.: Kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF). – F. Villarejo et al.: Experience with Coflex interspinous implant. – J. Buric et al.: Diam device for low back pain in degenerative disc disease 24 months’ follow-up: - P.P.M. Menchetti et al.: Percutaneous surgical treatment in lumbar spinal stenosis with Aperius™ – PercLID™. Indications, Surgical Technique and Results. – M. Visocchi: Complex cervico-thoracic  spine reconstruction. Personal observation. – S.C.Robertson: Percutaneous vertebral augmentation: stabilitiT™ a new delivery system for vertebral fractures. – A. Franzini et al.: Minimally invasive disc preserving surgery in cervical radiculopathies: the posterior microscopic and endoscopic approach. – S. Hellinger: The full endoscopic anterior cervical fusion – a new horizon for the Selective Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Decompression. – G. Calopricsco, A. Borean: Leucocyte-platelet haemocomponents for topical use: regenerative potentiality. – G.M. Perretti et al.: Current surgical options forarticular cartilage repair. – L. Lauretti et al.: Facial-Hypoglossal nerve  end-to-side neurorrhaphy: anatomical study in rats. – A. Isla: Anatomic study in cadaver of the motor branch of the musculocutaneous nerve. – M. Socolovsky: Exposure of the sciatic nerve in the gluteal region without sectioning the gluteus maximus: an anatomical and microsurgical study. – P. Tos et al.: Experimental and clinical employment of end-to-side coaptation: our experience. – A. Alexandre et al.: Considerations on the treatment of anterior interosseous nerve syndrome. – M. G. Baabor: Percutaneous balloon compression of the Gasserian ganglion for the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia: personal experience of 206 patients

From the book reviews:“This is an outstanding multi-expert source on MISS which covers IDETs, nucleoplasty, vertebra fracture repair via fusions involving tissue engineering, stem cells, cartilage repair, etc. … I recommend this book to all orthopaedic and neurosurgical trainees, senior neurosurgeons, and researchers with an interested in spine surgery updates.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, October, 2014)