Atlas of Minimal Access Spine Surgery 2e

This practical atlas describes the tools, techniques, and approaches for performing thoracoscopic and laparoscopic spine surgery that results in less pain and shorter recovery time for the patient. Thirty contributors address anesthetic issues and complications, provide patient selection guidelines, and illustrate specific surgical techniques through color photographs and drawings, including some relatively new technologies. Originally published as Atlas of Endoscopic Spine Surgery in 1995; the second edition reflects advances in disc replacement, motion preservation, microendoscopic decompression, and micro-TLIF, and the recent FDA approval of bone morphogenetic protein 2.