Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy for Spine and Nerves

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Surgical Anatomy of the Sacral Hiatus for Caudal Access to the Spinal Canal

   • Andrea Porzionato, Veronica Macchi, Anna Parenti, Raffaele De Caro

   Pages 1-3

3. Radiologic Anatomy of the Sacral Canal

   • Veronica Macchi, Andrea Porzionato, Aldo Morra, Carla Stecco, Raffaele De Caro

   Pages 5-8

4. Imaging in Degenerative Spine Pathology

   • Cesare Colosimo, Simona Gaudino, Andrea M. Alexandre

   Pages 9-15

5. Operative Management of Lumbar Disc Herniation

   • F. Postacchini, R. Postacchini

   Pages 17-21

6. Philosophy and Concepts of Modern Spine Surgery

   • Soriano-Sánchez José-Antonio, Marcos Baabor-Aqueveque, Francisco Silva-Morales

   Pages 23-31

7. Minimally Invasive Treatment for Refractory Low Back Pain, Targeted by Epidural Endoscopy with O2/O3 and Steroid Therapy

   • Marcos Masini, Aldo Calaça

   Pages 33-37

8. Epidural Injections: Past, Present and Future

   • Marcos Masini

   Pages 39-40

9. Long Term Intrathecal Infusion of Opiates for Treatment of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome

   • Nilton Alves Lara Jr., Manoel J. Teixeira, Erich T. Fonoff

   Pages 41-47

10. Modic Changes: Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Clinical Correlation

    • C. C. Quattrocchi, A. M. Alexandre, G. M. Della Pepa, R. Altavilla, B. B. Zobel

    Pages 49-53

11. Periduroscopy: General Review of Clinical Features and Development of Operative Models

    • W. Raffaeli, D. Righetti, J. Andruccioli, D. Sarti

    Pages 55-65

12. The Effectiveness of Endoscopic Epidurolysis in Treatment of Degenerative Chronic Low Back Pain: A Prospective Analysis and Follow-up at 48 Months

    • A. Di Donato, C. Fontana, R. Pinto, D. Beltrutti, G. Pinto

    Pages 67-73

13. Endoscopic Approaches to the Spinal Cord

    • Erich Talamoni Fonoff, William Omar Contreras Lopez, Ywzhe Sifuentes Almeida de Oliveira, Nilton Alves Lara, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira

    Pages 75-84

14. Application of Pulsed Radio Frequency to the Dorsal Horn and Dorsal Roots

    • Omar Omar-Pasha

    Pages 85-95

15. Automated Nucleotomy and Nucleolysis with Ozone

    • Marcos G. Baabor, Pedro F. Vázquez, José A. Soriano Sánchez

    Pages 97-101

16. Treatment of Discogenic Low Back Pain with Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET): 24 Months Follow-Up in 50 Consecutive Patients

    • Roberto Assietti, Mario Morosi, Giovanni Migliaccio, Luigi Meani, Jon E. Block

    Pages 103-105

17. Percutaneous Coblation Nucleoplasty in Patients with Contained Lumbar Disc Prolapse: 1 Year Follow-Up in a Prospective Case Series

    • Tariq Sinan, Mehraj Sheikh, Josip Buric, Khalida Dashti, Ali Al-Mukhaimi

    Pages 107-112

18. Plasma-Mediated Disc Decompression for Contained Cervical Disc Herniation: Results Through 5 Years

    • Alessandro Cesaroni, Pier Vittorio Nardi

    Pages 113-116

19. Percutaneous Laser Discectomy: Experience and Long Term Follow-Up

    • P. P. M. Menchetti, G. Canero, W. Bini

    Pages 117-121

20. Mechanism of Action of Oxygen Ozone Therapy in the Treatment of Disc Herniation and Low Back Pain

    • Emma Borrelli

    Pages 123-125

Radiologists, orthopedic and neurological surgeons present the different minimally invasive methods. Peripheral nerve problems and problems concerning differential diagnosis in special situations such as between radicular and peripheral nerve trunk lesions are discussed, pinpointing the significance of different diagnostic tools. Minimally invasive techniques, utilized nowadays to minimize bone demolition, scarring and risk of recurrence are analyzed. Microdiscectomy is compared with the results of intradiscal techniques, and new methods are discussed facing problems such as epidural fibrotisation, microinstability, osteoporotic or neoplastic or posttraumatic vertebral lesions.

• discectomy
• low back pain
• minimally invasive surgery
• peripheral nerves

From the book reviews:

“This is an outstanding multi-expert source on MISS which covers IDETs, nucleoplasty, vertebra fracture repair via fusions involving tissue engineering, stem cells, cartilage repair, etc. … I recommend this book to all orthopaedic and neurosurgical trainees, senior neurosurgeons, and researchers with an interested in spine surgery updates.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, October, 2014)

• Istituto per lo studio e la cura delle, mallettie del sistema nervoso perif., European Neurosurgical Institut, Treviso, Italy

  Alberto Alexandre

• University of Planalto Central and South, School of Medicine, Brazil, Brazil

  Marcos Masini

• Florence and Rome University, Florence, Italy

  Pier Paolo Maria Menchetti

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