Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Practical Guide to Anatomy and Techniques

Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Practical Guide to Anatomy and Techniques is a beautifully illustrated text describing the 18 most widely accepted minimally-invasive procedures in spine surgery. Written by leaders in both neurologic and orthopedic spine surgery, this book offers the most up-to-date material and the broadest perspective on the subject. Procedures range from simple to complex and cover the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions of the spine. Chapter topics include: - image-guided spinal navigation - posterior cervical instrumentation and fusion - thoracoscopic deformity correction - facet joint and epidural injections - discography and endoscopic lumbar discectomy - transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) - anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) - iliac crest bone graft harvest and fusion techniques

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461407621
• ISBN13: 9781461407621
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 10.6"