TY - BOOK AU - Vaccaro,Alexander R. AU - Fessler,Richard Glenn AU - Sandhu,Faheem A. AU - Voyadzis,Jean-Marc AU - Eck,Jason C. AU - Kepler,Christopher K. TI - Controversies in Spine Surgery, MIS Versus OPEN: Best Evidence Recommendations SN - 9781604068825 AV - RD768 .C668 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - New York PB - Thieme Medical Publishers, Incorporated KW - Spine-Surgery KW - Spine-Endoscopic surgery KW - Evidence-based medicine KW - Electronic books N1 - Controversies in Spine Surgery, MIS versus OPEN: Best Evidence Recommendations -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Part I: Degenerative -- 1 Lumbar Discectomy: Is Tubular or Endoscopic Discectomy Better Than Traditional Microdiscectomies? -- 2 Is Lumbar Stenosis Best Treated with an Open Laminectomy? -- 3 Facet Cysts: Is There an Advantage to Treating Synovial Cysts with Minimally Invasive Techniques? -- 4 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Minimally Invasive versus Open -- 5 The Lateral Transpsoas Approach versus ALIF: Do the Risks of Lateral Interbody Fusion Outweigh the Benefits Compared to Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion? -- 6 Is AxiaLIF Comparable to Open Fusion with ALIF and Posterolateral 360° Fusion at L5-S1? -- 7 Multiple-Level Interbody Fusion: How Do Two-Level Fusion Techniques Compare between Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery? -- 8 Is Lumbar Adjacent Segment Degeneration Best Treated Using Minimally Invasive Surgery over Open Fusion Techniques? -- 9 Degenerative Scoliosis: Is There an Advantage to Using Minimally Invasive Techniques to Treat Degenerative Scoliosis? -- 10 Flatback Syndrome: Can Lumbar Flatback Syndrome Be Treated Adequately with Minimally Invasive Techniques? -- 11 Can Thoracic Disc Herniation Be Effectively Treated Using Minimally Invasive Techniques? -- 12 Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy -- 13 Complications of Instrumentation: Is There a Higher Complication Rate in Placing Instrumentation via a Minimally Invasive Technique Compared with an Open Technique? -- 14 Dural Tears: Should a Minimally Invasive Complication Such as a Dural Tear Routinely Be Opened for Adequate Repair or Are There Safe and Reliable Minimally Invasive Techniques for Dural Closure?; 15 Do Minimally Invasive Techniques Broaden the Scope for Geriatric Spine Surgery? -- Part II: Trauma -- 16 Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures: Can Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Be Effectively Managed Using Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques? -- 17 Open and Minimally Invasive Treatment of Cervical Spine Fractures -- Part III: Tumor -- 18 Thoracolumbar Metastatic Tumors: Comparison of Minimally Invasive Surgery versus Open Techniques for Addressing Thoracolumbar Metastatic Tumor Resection and Stabilization -- 19 Intradural Spine Tumors: Is There an Advantage to Removing Intradural Spine Tumors Using an MIS Approach? -- 20 Quality of Life in Advanced Tumors: Can Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques Improve the Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Oncologic Disease to Allow for Decreased Pain or Should Traditional Techniques of Palliation Be Used? -- Part IV: Other Issues -- 21 Radiation Exposure: How Does Radiation Exposure Differ between Open and Minimally Invasive Techniques? -- 22 Infection Rates: How Do Infection Rates Compare between MIS and Open Spine Techniques? -- 23 Cost: Which Costs More, Open or Minimally Invasive Surgery? -- 24 Success Rates and Time: Can Three-Dimensional Navigational Imaging Improve the Success and Time Required for Minimally Invasive Surgery and Minimize Radiation Exposure to Those in the OR Suite? -- Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5233372 ER -