Key Highlights
This is a must-have resource for practicing spine surgeons interested in MISS who wish to learn the latest techniques from master surgeons and achieve optimal patient outcomes. The text and videos also provide a robust training tool for senior-level orthopaedic and neurosurgery residents and spine fellows.
Part I Introduction to MISS1. Definition of MISS: The "6 Ts": Target/Technology/Technique/Teaching and Training/Testing/Talent2. Global MISS: Perspectives from Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America, and South AmericaPart II MISS Target3. Target Philosophy in Degenerative Spinal Disorders: Correlation of Clinical Presentation, Physical Examination, and Response to Interventional Procedures4. Deformity and MIS: Limitation or Opportunity?5. Target: The Muscle as a Pain Generator and Key Element to Protect During MIS SurgeryPart III MISS Technology6. Tubular and Specular Retractors in MISS7. Navigation in MISS8. Robotics: Background and Current Role9. Microscope in MISS10. Endoscope in MISS: How to Adopt and ChangePart IV MISS Techniques11. Three Surgical Principles of MISS: Contralateral Decompression, Minimize Instability, and Indirect Decompression12. Surgical Techniques and Instrumentation in MISS13. Dural Repair in MISS and CSF Leak Management14. How to Achieve a Successful Fusion with MIS Techniques15. Surgical Tips, Tricks, and Techniques to Minimize Invasiveness; General Advice on How to Handle Fluoroscopy, Blood Loss, and Infection Rates16. Perioperative Management; ERAS17. Key Elements to Safely Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient Spine Surgery18. Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy/Discectomy19. Unilateral Tubular Over-the-Top Cervical Laminectomy for Cervical Stenosis20. Posterior Cervical Facet Cages DTRAX21. MIS Endoscopic Approaches For OC–C1–C2 Pathology22. Posterior Muscle Sparing Approaches for Decompression, Laminoplasty, and Laminectomy23. Minimally Invasive C1/C2 Fusion24. Cervical Three-Dimensional Navigation to Facilitate Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery25. Thoracic Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty26. Thoracic Discectomy: Posterior Transpedicular Tubular Approach27. Lateral Retropleural Thoracic Discectomy and Corpectomy28. Mini-Open Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy for Deformity Correction29. Posterior Paramedian Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy30. Transpedicular Corpectomy and Fusion for Metastatic Tumor or Infection31. Techniques to Decrease the Invasiveness of Thoracic Deformity Correction32. Unilateral Lumbar Approach For Over-the-Top Bilateral Decompression33. Far-Lateral Lumbar Discectomies34. Percutaneous Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Lumbar Pathologies: Disc Herniation and Lumbar Spinal Stenosis35. Transforaminal Approach for Endoscopic Decompression36. Endoscopic Interlaminar Lumbar Laminectomy37. LLIF T12/L1-L238. LLIF L2/3/4/539. Translumbar Surgery Comparison: Four Surgeons and Regions40. Minimally Invasive Oblique Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion41. Maximum Access Surgery Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion42. MIS-TLIF with Total Navigation and Expandable Interbody Cages43. MIS-TLIF Comparison: Four Surgeons and Regions44. Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation and MISS SI Joint Fusion45. Intradural Extramedullary Tumors46. Three-Dimensional Navigation in Lumbar Spine to Facilitate Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery47. Strategies to Minimize Invasiveness and Optimize Success: OC Fusion48. Strategies to Minimize Invasiveness and Optimize Success: Cervical Front/Back Surgery for Deformity Correction49. MIS Cervical Pedicle Screws—Percutaneous-Assisted Technique50. Treatment of Degenerative Lumbar Scoliosis with Minimally Invasive Multilevel LLIF in Combination with Lateral ALIF51. Strategies to Minimize Invasiveness and Optimize Success: T10-Pelvis52. Lifestyle Medicine: Optimizing Recovery Following MIS of the Spine53. Three-Dimensional Navigation in MISSPart V Teaching and Training/Future54. Surgical Training and Simulation in MISS55. The Role of Biologics in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery56. Summary and Outlook—Future of Lumbar Minimally Invasive Surgery57. Achieving MISS on a Global Level