Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Surgical Techniques and Disease Man
The use of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has grown rapidly over the last decade and remains the fastest growing area in spine surgery. Now in a revised and expanded second edition including 19 new chapters, this comprehensive textbook provides a
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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Surgical Techniques and Disease Management Second Edition
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Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Frank M. Phillips • Isador H. Lieberman David W. Polly Jr. • Michael Y. Wang Editors
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Surgical Techniques and Disease Management Second Edition
Editors Frank M. Phillips Department of Orthopedic Surgery Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL USA David W. Polly Jr. Department of Orthopedic Surgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN USA
Isador H. Lieberman Texas Back Institute Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Scoliosis and Spine Tumor Center Plano, TX USA Michael Y. Wang Department of Neurological Surgery University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami, FL USA
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Preface
Minimally invasive procedures in medicine have developed rapidly over the past decades and in many instances have become the “standard of care.” Concomitantly, in spinal surgery, there has been a move to reduce the surgical collateral damage associated with open morbid approaches and instead perform more targeted procedures with less collateral damage to the essential structures of the spine. As enabling technologies have advanced, more conditions are becoming amenable to treatment with less invasive approaches. With the dire consequences of complications in spinal surgery, these minimally invasive procedures must be safe and reproducible, and adequate training of surgeons is critical to achieving these goals. In many instances, outstanding traditi
