Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

Preface v
Acknowledgments vii
Contributors xiii
Anatomical Approaches for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Donald C. Shields Larry T. Khoo
Grigory Goldberg Alexander R. Vaccaro 1
Evidence-Based Review: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery vs. Open Surgery Ferhan Asghar Rick
Davis Christopher M. Bono 13
Definition and Classification of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Erbil Oguz Qusai M.
Hammouri Jonathan N. Grauer Michael A. Pahl Alexander R. Vaccaro 19
Patient Selection for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery D. Greg Anderson Chadi Tannoury 25
The Future Direction of Minimally Invasive Surgery: Is Its at Controlled by the Physician, Patient,
Industry, or Insurance? Eeric Truumees Chetan K. Patel 33
Microscopic Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Foraminotomy Michael D. Daubs 47
Microscopic Posterior Foraminotomy/Laminotomy for Nerve Root Decompression Troy D. Gust Neal G.
Haynes Paul Arnold 55
Endoscopic Laminotomy/Foraminotomy for Herniated Cervical Disc Thomas J. Puschak Rick C.
Sasso WilliamTally Deepan Patel Alexander R. Vaccaro 65
Thoracoscopic Excision of Thoracic Herniated Disc Roshan P. Shah Jonathan N. Grauer 73
Thoracoscopic Corpectomy Lance K. Mitsunaga Choll W. Kim 81
Endoscopic Laminotomy, Foraminotomy, and Discectomy for Herniated Lumbar Disc Anthony T. Yeung
Christopher A. Yeung 91
Unilateral Hemi-Laminotomy for Bilateral Lumbar Decompression (Segmental Sublaminoplasty) Moe R.
Lim Jason Young Paul H. Young Joon Y. Lee Alan S. Hilibrand 105
Percutaneous Automated Lumbar Discectomy Sushil K. Basra Michael Vives 117
Chemical Dissolution of a Herniated Lumbar Disc: A Review Henry Ahn Raja Rampersaud 127
Odontoid Screw Insertion Carlo Bellabarba Jens R. Chapman 135
C1-C2 Transarticular Screw Technique Thomas J. Puschak Paul A. Anderson 149
Submuscular Instrumentation for Spinal Deformities Douglas G. Armstrong George H. Thompson
161
Anterior Thoracoscopic Release/Fusion and Instrumentation for Spinal Deformities Peter O.
Newton Vidyadhar V. Upasani 167
Intervertebral Stapling for Spinal Deformity Linda Park D'Andrea Randal R. Betz 179
Endoscopic Techniques for Stabilization of the Thoracic Spine Max C. Lee Bernard A. Coert Se-
Hoon Kim Daniel H. Kim 189
Percutaneous Posterior Insertion of Thoracic Pedicle Screws Daniel R. Fassett Darrel S.
Brodke 203
Laparoscopic Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Grigory Goldberg Alexander R. Vaccaro 211
Minimally Invasive Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using the "Mini-Open" Technique John M.
Beiner Todd J. Albert 221
Percutaneous Lumbar Pedicle Screws Daniel R. Fassett Darrel S. Brodke 229
Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Frank M. Phillips Sameer Mather
237
Minimally Invasive Translaminar Facet Screw Fixation K. B. Wood A. A. Mehbod 245
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain T. Desmond Brown 251
Radiofrequency Neurotomy of the Cervical Facet Joints Jay Govind 261
Percutaneous Radiofrequency Neurotomy of the Lumbar Facet Joints Jay Govind 281
Intradiscal Heating Richard Derby Sang-Heon Lee Yung Chen 299
Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Osteoporotic Compression Fractures Christopher M. Bono James
Sanfilippo Steven R. Garfin 315
Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures Fergus McKiernan Tom
Faciszewski 327
Vertebral Body Augmentation for Bone Tumor Daisuke Togawa Mark M. Kayanja Isador H.
Lieberman A. Jay Khanna 339
Percutaneous Treatment of Vertebral Bone Cyst Kathleen S. Beebe Joseph Benevenia 347
Spinous Process Distractive Devices for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Dimitriy Kondrashov Ken Y. Hsu
James F. Zucherman 353
Minimally Invasive Total Disc Replacemen