Full Description
This book presents an updated perspective on spinal implants currently used in thoraco-lumbar spine surgery, leading to a rigid or dynamic spine fusion. The development of new surgical devices and techniques is mostly focused on a spinal fusion for lumbar instability due to trauma, tumours or degenerative or infectious diseases. Pedicle-screw fixation and fusion are currently considered to be the gold standard for most of the above-mentioned pathologies, and modern implants are designed to improve the accuracy of pedicle-screw placement and to allow the use of new surgical techniques and minimally invasive approaches. The content is relevant for surgeons, orthopaedic specialists, neurosurgeons, physiotherapists and osteopaths.
Contents
1. The Role of Neuronavigation In Lumbar Spine Surgery.- 2. Imaging In Lumbar Spine Surgery: The Role Of Intraoperative CT-scan.- 3. The Robotic Arm Guidance Systems: Principles and Indications.- 4. The Robotic Arm Guidance System: Applications And Limits.- 5. 3D Printed Tubular Guides for Pedicle Screw Fixation.- 6. New Techniques and MIS - The XLIF Technique.- 7. New Implants and Techniques in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Percutaneous Spine Fusion with the Posterolateral Endoscopic Approach.- 8. New Techniques and MIS: The Minimally Invasive TLIF.- 9. New Techniques and MIS: The Awake TLIF.- 10. New Techniques and MIS --- The Cortical Bone Trajectory Screws: Indications And Limits.- 11. New Techniques And MIS: The Interspinous Fixation Devices.- 12. New Techniques And MIS - The Interfacet Fixation With Facet Wedge Device.- 13. Expandable Cages and Minimal Invasive Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine for Anterior Column Reconstruction.- 14. New Techniques and MIS: The Thoracoscopic Approach.
