Table of Contents
1 History and Overview 3
2 Setting Up an Ambulatory Spinal Surgery Clinic 11
3 The Business of Outpatient Spinal Surgery 21
4 Patient Education 35
5 Anesthesia and Pain Management 49
6 Posterior Cervical Microendoscopic Foraminotomy 71
7 Anterior Cervical Foraminotomy 95
8 Single-Level Anterior Cervical Microdiscectomy 107
9 Anterior Cervical Spine Spacer 123
10 Lumbar Microdiscectomy 133
11 Microdiscectomy With Minimally Invasive Tubular Retractor 159
12 Endoscopic Lumbar Microdiscectomy 171
13 Endoscopic Far-Lateral Lumbar Microdiscectomy 185
14 Endoscopic Lumbar Laminotomy for Stenosis 197
15 Percutaneous Lumbar Techniques 217
16 Vertebroplasty 231
17 Minimally Invasive Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Stabilization
243
18 Laparoscopic Anterior Interbody Fusion of the Lumbosacral
Spine 263
19 Prevention and Management of Complications 277
20 Clinical Outcomes Analysis 293
Index 303