Background: From the 1990s, there has been growth in the literature demonstrating the
feasibility of minimally invasive approaches for treating diverse spinal disorders. There is still …

Background Thoracoscopic spine surgery is a form of minimally invasive spine surgery
primarily used to treat thoracic spinal disk herniation and stenosis via endoscopic …

This editorial article explores advances in the field of spinal surgery, focusing on minimally
invasive spinal surgery (MISS) and its applications in treating cervical and thoracic spine …

Background Endoscopic spine surgery in the cervicothoracic spine is generating continued
interest in a rapidly evolving field. The authors present 4 techniques for fully endoscopic …

The advantages of endoscopic surgery include reduced operative pain, excellent cosmetic
effect, lower perioperative morbidity, and an earlier return to work. Innovative techniques …

Thoracoscopy, first performed by Cruise in Dublin in 1865, 1 was popularized in Stockholm
in the first decades of the twentieth century by Jacobaeus, an internist who is still regarded …

Study Design. A prospective multicenter study on 100 consecutive surgical procedures.
Objectives. A prospective multicenter study was per formed to evaluate the early …

Recent technical advances have revolutionized the fields of surgical endoscopy,
laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, and microsurgical spinal endoscopy. The authors discuss the …

Technological advances have changed the way the spine surgeon approaches pathology
within the thoracic spine. With the advent of endoscopy, reaching the thoracic spine has …

Endoscopic Spinal Surgery provides a comprehensive, practical and timely review of the
minimally invasive endoscopic surgical techniques used to treat conditions of the cervical …