Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski MDOrthopaedic Surgeon, Centre for Advanced Spinal Surgery of Southern Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USAMichael Schubert MDOrthopaedic Surgeon, Apex Spine Centre, Munich, GermanyJorge F Ramírez Léon  MDProfessor, Head Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Director of Spine Centre, Clinica Reina Sofia Colsanitas, Bogota, ColumbiaRichard G Fessler MD PhDProfessor and Vice Chair of Neurosurgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

• SECTION 1: MI TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES TO THE CERVICAL SPINE1              Thermodiscoplasty (TDP) in cervical discopathy and rhizolysis2              Transcorporeal foraminotomy for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy3              Cervical endoscopic versus open foraminotomy for uncovertebral lateral stenosis4              Endoscopic percutaneous assisted and open posterior cervical foraminotomy5              Posterior foraminotomy versus anterior cervical disc replacement or fusion               SECTION 2: MI TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES TO THE THORACIC SPINE6              Clinical evidence for thoracic discectomy under thoracoscopic guidance7              Endoscopic transforaminal thoracic discectomy (ETTD)8              Minimally invasive extracavitary versus open approach for thoracic disc herniation9              Minimally invasive ventral decompression via oblique paraspinal approach               SECTION 3: MI TECHNIQUES AND APPROACHES TO THE LUMBAR SPINE10           Clinical outcomes with thermodiscoplasty11           Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar annuloplasty for treatment of discogenic low back pain12           Lumbar rhizotomy versus fusion for axial facet pain syndromes13           Patho-anatomic evidence for endoscopic lumbar discectomy14           Endoscopic transforaminal, interlaminar and transiliacal approaches for lumbar disc herniation15           Percutaneous endoscopic intra-annular subligamentous herniotomy16           Interspinous microscopic tubular decompression for treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis17           Interspinous process distraction systems for spinal stenosis with or without concomitant degenerative spondylolisthesis18           Minimally invasive spine surgery for degenerative lumbar disorders19           Clinical outcomes with endoscopically assisted and open posterior transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion20           Interbody cage geometry, construct stability and alignment21           Minimal dissection standalone ALIF in the elderly population               SECTION 4: COST EFFECTIVENESS AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES22           Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar decompression and foraminoplasty for treatment of the degenerate lumbar spine23           Advantages of outpatient ambulatory lumbar interbody fusion surgery24           Advances in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion25           Physician extenders as part of an ambulatory spine surgery program26           Difference in outcomes and patient satisfaction of spinal surgery for lumbar stenosis in minorities27           Minimally invasive spine surgery for spinal neoplasms28           Indication and benefit of lumbar spinal hardware removal29           Percutaneous lumbar facet augmentation in the treatment of lumbar facet arthropathy30           Trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression31           Single incision robotic assisted laparoscopic mini-ALIF via transumbilical retroperitoneal approach32           Percutaneous cement discoplasty: minimally invasive treatment of severe disc degeneration in elderly