Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery ─ Surgical Techniques and Disease Management

Over the past decade, minimally invasive techniques have developed rapidly and are widely applied in the management of spinal disorders. With the development of enabling technologies, including specifically designed spinal retractor systems, intra-operative imaging and navigation technologies, and real-time neural monitoring, minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) techniques are safe, effective and reproducible. Indeed, studies have confirmed the clinical and economic advantages of these procedures.

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery includes detailed discussions of enabling technologies, surgical techniques (including posterior decompression and fusion), approaches to specific diseases and conditions, as well as strategies to manager the unique risks and complications of MISS. Generously illustrated and with a companion DVD, this will be an essential reference for orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and all health care professionals who treat the spine.

Frank M. Phillips, MD is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of the Section of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Isador Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC is Director of the Scoliosis and Spine Tumor Center at the Texas Back Institute in Plano, TX.

David W. Polly, Jr., MD is Professor and Chief of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, at the University of Minnesota.