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Rationale and Advantages of Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Jae-Won Jang, Dong-Geun Lee and Choon-Keun Park
International Journal of Spine Surgery December 2021, 15 (suppl 3) S11-S20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14444/8160
Jae-Won Jang
Department of Neurosurgery, Suwon Leon Wiltse Memorial Hospital Suwon, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Dong-Geun Lee
Department of Neurosurgery, Suwon Leon Wiltse Memorial Hospital Suwon, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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Choon-Keun Park
Department of Neurosurgery, Suwon Leon Wiltse Memorial Hospital Suwon, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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    Various techniques of endoscopic spine surgery. (A) Transforaminal endoscopic lumbar discectomy. (B) Interlaminar lumbar endoscopic discectomy. (C) Interlaminar central lumbar decompression. (D) Paraspinal foraminal lumbar decompression. (E) Interlaminar contralateral lateral recess decompression. (F) Posterior cervical foraminotomy and discectomy. (G, H) Endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (fusion bed preparation and cage insertion).

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    Current published indications and methods of endoscopic spine surgery.

    Cervical
     Disc herniations
      1. Anterior cervical discectomy (soft disc)
      2. Posterior cervical foraminotomy with discectomy (foraminal disc)
     Stenosis
      1. Posterior cervical foraminotomy (foraminal stenosis)
      2. Posterior cervical decompressive laminotomy (central stenosis)
    Thoracic
     Disc herniations
      Transforaminal thoracic discectomy (soft disc)
     Stenosis
      Posterior thoracic decompressive laminectomy
    Lumbar
     Disc herniations
      1. Transforaminal lumbar discectomy
      2. Ipsilateral interlaminar lumbar discectomy
      3. Contralateral interlaminar lumbar discectomy
     Stenosis
      1. Ipsilateral interlaminar lumbar central and recess decompression
      2. Contralateral interlaminar lumbar central and recess decompression
      3. Paraspinal foraminal decompression
    Contralateral interlaminar foraminal decompression
     Spondylolisthesis
      1. Decompression only
      2. Endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion
     Others
      1. Removal of synovial cysts
      2. Removal of epidural hematoma
      3. Drainage of epidural abscess
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Jae-Won Jang, Dong-Geun Lee, Choon-Keun Park
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    • BRIEF HISTORY OF SPINE SURGERY: OPEN, MICROSCOPY, AND ENDOSCOPY
    • CURRENT STATUS, INDICATIONS, PUBLISHED OUTCOMES, AND COMPLICATIONS
    • ADVANTAGES OF ENDOSCOPIC SPINE SURGERY
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