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Research ArticleEndoscopic Minimally Invasive Surgery

Insights on High-Value Procedures From the ISASS 4-Part Webinar Series on Current and Emerging Techniques in Endoscopic Spine Surgery Based on Surgeon Experience

Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Zhen-Zhou Li, Xinyu Liu, Zhang Xifeng, Brian Kwon, Álvaro Dowling, Martin Knight, Paulo Sergio Terxeira de Carvalho, Choll Kim, Gregory W. Basil, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Christian Morgenstern, John Ongulade, Yi Jiang, Kenyu Ito, João Paulo Bergamaschi, Jin-Sung L. Kim, Jorge F. Ramirez, Joachim Oertel, John C. Elfar, Abduljabbar Alhammoud, Nicholas A. Bonazza, Benedikt W. Burkhardt, Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli, Sergio Luis Schmidt and Morgan P. Lorio
International Journal of Spine Surgery November 2024, 8676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/8676
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
1 Division Personalized Pain Research and Education, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona, Banner Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
3 Dr. honoris causa Department of Orthopedics at Hospital Universitário Gaffree Guinle, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4 Department of Orthopedics, Hospital Universitário Gaffree Guinle Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Roles: Full Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Professor Titular)
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Zhen-Zhou Li
5 Department of Orthopaedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Roles: Senior Department of Orthopedics
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Xinyu Liu
6 Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China
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Roles: Professor Department of Orthopaedics
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Zhang Xifeng
7 Department of Orthopedics, First Medical Center, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Brian Kwon
8 Department of Orthopaedics, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Álvaro Dowling
9 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
10 Spine Center, Endoscopic Spine Clinic, Santiago, Chile
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Roles: Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Director of Endoscopic Spine Clinic, Santiago, Chile, Visiting Professor
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Martin Knight
11 The Spinal Foundation, Manchester University, The Weymouth Hospital, London, UK
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Roles: Consultant Endoscopic Spine Surgeon, Senior Lecturer Manchester University, The Medical Director
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Paulo Sergio Terxeira de Carvalho
12 Department of Neurosurgery, Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Roles: Spine Surgery & Pain Professor
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Choll Kim
13 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSD Medical Center East Campus, Excell Spine Center, San Diego, CA, USA
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Gregory W. Basil
14 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Roles: Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director Endoscopic Spine Surgery
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Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar
15 Department of Orthopaedics, Clínica Reina Sofía – Clínica Colsanitas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
16 Latin American Endoscopic Spine Surgeons LESS Invasiva Academy, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
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Christian Morgenstern
17 Morgenstern Institute of Spine, Teknon Medical Center, Barcelona, Spain
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John Ongulade
18 Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Yi Jiang
19 Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China
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Kenyu Ito
20 Department of Spinal Surgery, Aichi Spine Institute, Fuso-cho Niwa-gun Aichi, Japan
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João Paulo Bergamaschi
21 Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Atualli Spine Care, São Paulo, Brazil
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Jin-Sung L. Kim
22 Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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Jorge F. Ramirez
23 Department of Orthopaedic, Minimally Invasive Spine Center, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
24 Department of Orthopaedics, Reina Sofía Clinic, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
25 Department of Orthopaedics, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
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Joachim Oertel
26 Neurosschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Neurosschirurgie, Homburg, Saarland, Germany
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John C. Elfar
27 Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Abduljabbar Alhammoud
28 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Nicholas A. Bonazza
28 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Benedikt W. Burkhardt
29 Wirbelsäulenzentrum/Spine Center, WSC Hirslanden Klinik Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli
30 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Sergio Luis Schmidt
31 Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Morgan P. Lorio
32 Advanced Orthopedics, Altamonte Springs, Orlando, FL, USA
33 Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA
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  1. Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, MD, Full Professor of Orthopedic Surgery (Professor Titular)1,2,3,4,†⇑,
  2. Zhen-Zhou Li, MD, Senior Department of Orthopedics5,‡,
  3. Xinyu Liu, MD, Professor Department of Orthopaedics6,
  4. Zhang Xifeng, MD7,§,
  5. Brian Kwon, MD8,
  6. Álvaro Dowling, MD, Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, Director of Endoscopic Spine Clinic, Santiago, Chile, Visiting Professor9,10,¶,
  7. Martin Knight, MD, Consultant Endoscopic Spine Surgeon, Senior Lecturer Manchester University, The Medical Director11,
  8. Paulo Sergio Terxeira de Carvalho, MD, PʜD, Spine Surgery & Pain Professor12,**,
  9. Choll Kim, MD, PʜD13,
  10. Gregory W. Basil, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Director Endoscopic Spine Surgery14,
  11. Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, DVM, EᴅM, MSᴄ15,16,
  12. Christian Morgenstern, MD17,
  13. John Ongulade, DO, Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery18,
  14. Yi Jiang, MD19,
  15. Dr Kenyu Ito, MD20,††,
  16. João Paulo Bergamaschi, MD21,‡‡,
  17. Jin-Sung L. Kim, MD, PʜD, Professor, Spine Center22,§§,
  18. Jorge F. Ramirez, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon23,24,25,¶¶,
  19. Joachim Oertel, MD26,***,
  20. John C. Elfar, MD27,
  21. Abduljabbar Alhammoud, MD28,
  22. Nicholas A. Bonazza, MD, MHA28,
  23. Benedikt W. Burkhardt, MD29,†††,
  24. Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli, MD, PʜD, Full Professor and Chairman30,‡‡‡,
  25. Sergio Luis Schmidt, MD, PʜD31 and
  26. Morgan P. Lorio, MD32,33,§§§
  1. 1 Division Personalized Pain Research and Education, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  2. 2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Arizona, Banner Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA
  3. 3 Dr. honoris causa Department of Orthopedics at Hospital Universitário Gaffree Guinle, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  4. 4 Department of Orthopedics, Hospital Universitário Gaffree Guinle Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  5. 5 Department of Orthopaedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
  6. 6 Department of Orthopaedics, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China
  7. 7 Department of Orthopedics, First Medical Center, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
  8. 8 Department of Orthopaedics, New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
  9. 9 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, USP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
  10. 10 Spine Center, Endoscopic Spine Clinic, Santiago, Chile
  11. 11 The Spinal Foundation, Manchester University, The Weymouth Hospital, London, UK
  12. 12 Department of Neurosurgery, Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  13. 13 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UCSD Medical Center East Campus, Excell Spine Center, San Diego, CA, USA
  14. 14 Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
  15. 15 Department of Orthopaedics, Clínica Reina Sofía – Clínica Colsanitas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
  16. 16 Latin American Endoscopic Spine Surgeons LESS Invasiva Academy, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
  17. 17 Morgenstern Institute of Spine, Teknon Medical Center, Barcelona, Spain
  18. 18 Department of Neurological Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
  19. 19 Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Haidian Hospital, Beijing, China
  20. 20 Department of Spinal Surgery, Aichi Spine Institute, Fuso-cho Niwa-gun Aichi, Japan
  21. 21 Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Atualli Spine Care, São Paulo, Brazil
  22. 22 Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
  23. 23 Department of Orthopaedic, Minimally Invasive Spine Center, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
  24. 24 Department of Orthopaedics, Reina Sofía Clinic, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
  25. 25 Department of Orthopaedics, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
  26. 26 Neurosschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes Neurosschirurgie, Homburg, Saarland, Germany
  27. 27 Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
  28. 28 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA
  29. 29 Wirbelsäulenzentrum/Spine Center, WSC Hirslanden Klinik Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  30. 30 Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  31. 31 Department of Neurology, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  32. 32 Advanced Orthopedics, Altamonte Springs, Orlando, FL, USA
  33. 33 Orlando College of Osteopathic Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA
  1. Correspondence to Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Division Personalized Pain Research and Education, Center for Advanced Spine Care of Southern Arizona, 4787 E Camp Lowell Dr, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA; business{at}tucsonspine.com
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Insights on High-Value Procedures From the ISASS 4-Part Webinar Series on Current and Emerging Techniques in Endoscopic Spine Surgery Based on Surgeon Experience
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Zhen-Zhou Li, Xinyu Liu, Zhang Xifeng, Brian Kwon, Álvaro Dowling, Martin Knight, Paulo Sergio Terxeira de Carvalho, Choll Kim, Gregory W. Basil, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Christian Morgenstern, John Ongulade, Yi Jiang, Kenyu Ito, João Paulo Bergamaschi, Jin-Sung L. Kim, Jorge F. Ramirez, Joachim Oertel, John C. Elfar, Abduljabbar Alhammoud, Nicholas A. Bonazza, Benedikt W. Burkhardt, Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli, Sergio Luis Schmidt, Morgan P. Lorio
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Insights on High-Value Procedures From the ISASS 4-Part Webinar Series on Current and Emerging Techniques in Endoscopic Spine Surgery Based on Surgeon Experience
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Zhen-Zhou Li, Xinyu Liu, Zhang Xifeng, Brian Kwon, Álvaro Dowling, Martin Knight, Paulo Sergio Terxeira de Carvalho, Choll Kim, Gregory W. Basil, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Christian Morgenstern, John Ongulade, Yi Jiang, Kenyu Ito, João Paulo Bergamaschi, Jin-Sung L. Kim, Jorge F. Ramirez, Joachim Oertel, John C. Elfar, Abduljabbar Alhammoud, Nicholas A. Bonazza, Benedikt W. Burkhardt, Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli, Sergio Luis Schmidt, Morgan P. Lorio
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