Advances in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Orthopedics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (5 December 2023) | Viewed by 10380
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Spine pathology is widespread and will only become more prevalent with the aging population. Millions of patients undergo spine surgery each year, and minimally invasive techniques have allowed for less blood loss, lower infection rates, and a decreased length of hospital stay. These techniques have been used not only in degenerative cases, but also in trauma, infection, and tumor cases. Despite their advantages, minimally invasive techniques are only used in less than 20% of spine surgery cases. The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a comprehensive overview of the advances in minimally invasive spine surgery techniques, with a particular interest in innovative techniques and technologies. Therefore, spine surgeons are encouraged to submit their clinical studies and research as original articles or reviews to this Special Issue.
Dr. Gabriel C. Tender
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- minimally invasive
- percutaneous pedicle screws
- transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion
- lateral lumbar interbody fusion
- oblique lumbar interbody fusion
- microdiscectomy
- laminectomy
- posterior cervical fusion
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