Commentary: Endoscope-Assisted Retroperitoneal Prepsoas Approach to Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Decompression. Technical Note

Commentary: Multi-level Endoscopic Transforaminal Interbody Fusion for Severe Discitis, Osteomyelitis, and Kyphotic Deformity in the Lumbar Spine

“…The L1-3 endoscopic TLIF afforded an expedited recovery, reduced length of stay, and decreased unnecessary tissue dissection. 2 Amid the recent improvement in MIS surgery, endoscopic spine surgery has emerged as perhaps the most minimally invasive of all. The transforaminal uniportal endoscopic approach allows the surgeon to operate ventral to the thecal sac and access the disk space directly without posterior bony element disruption, without a large posterior dead space, without the morbidity of an anterior approach, and with the least amount of posterior muscle disruption possible.…”

Commentary: Minimally Invasive Preganglionic C2 Root Section for Occipital Neuralgia: 2 Case Reports and Operative Video

“…2,3 The emerging paradigm shift in spine surgery toward less invasive procedures has urged spine surgeons to avoid unnecessary muscle dissection and soft-tissue stripping, reduce inpatient procedures, and expedite recovery. 4 Essentially, the goal of MIS is to make surgical interventions as unobtrusive as possible for the patient. MIS surgery indications are constantly expanding, 5 and the authors described an effective application of MIS principles to a novel approach for a C2 ganglionectomy.…”

Commentary: Ten-Step 3-Dimensional-Navigated Single-Stage Lateral Surgery With Microtubular Decompression: A Case Series

“…Given the growth of minimally invasive spine surgery, patient's demands for less invasive spine procedures steered the adoption of tubular techniques, which allowed surgeons to accomplish the same goals of surgery with minimal surrounding tissue damage, hastened recovery, and reduced requirements for inpatient care. 3 As such, new approaches arose, focusing on minimally invasive tubular techniques to achieve the same amount of decompression reached in open procedures, 3 with comparable patient-reported outcomes and shorter length of stay in minimally invasive spine tubular decompression compared with open procedures. 4 Lateral, transpsoas spine surgery has become popular in recent years, especially in cases where indirect decompression can accomplish the goal of surgery.…”