by Bhave Arvind

The Modern Techniques in Spine Surgery depicts the modern surgical techniques for the treatment of spine injury and pain. The topics of discussion include minimally invasive lumar endoscopic surgery, transforaminal interbody fusion, anterior endoscopic cervical microdecompression of disc and foramen, and the transforaminal approach. Qualitative progress and dissemination of magnetic resonance image brought major changes in strategy of diagnosis for spinal disorders. Innovative metallic and non-metallic materials improve the surgical treatment of spinal disorders from the craniocervical junction to the sacroiliac joint. Chapters concerning surgical techniques contain anatomical explanation written from the perspective of practitioners of innovative surgical procedures. Posterior correction techniques in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, anterior foraminotomy for cervical disk disease, microendoscopic decompression using tubular retractor system, and transforaminal diskectomy are some of the novel procedures that are expected to be standardized and spread universally in the near future.