Scientific Abstracts

Date

Abstract Title & Description

2010 Vol.4 N.5

Anterior Endoscopic Microdecompressive Cervical Discectomy (AECD) with GPS
Purpose: To demonstrate outpatient anterior endoscopic microdecompressive cervical discectomy and foraminal decompression (foraminoplasty), by utilizing GPS (grid positional system), can treat herniated cervical discs and cervical foraminal stenosis efficaciously and successfully, by mechanical decompression and application of lower level non-ablative Holmium laser for laser thermodiskoplasty (disc shrinking and tightening effect)

2010 Vol.4 N.5

Endoscopic Transforaminal Microdecompressive Lumbar Disc Surgery with GPS for Morbid Obese Patient
Purpose: Morbid obesity is characterized by an individual weighing more than 100 pounds over his or her ideal body weight, or having a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher. Approximately 5 percent of Americans are morbidly obese.

2010 Vol.4 N.5

Posterior Lateral Thoracic Endoscopic Microdiscectomy with GPS System
Purpose: To demonstrate the safety and efficacy of outpatient based endoscopic thoracic discectomy with laser thermodiskoplasty performed for symptomatic thoracic herniated nucleus pulposus.

2009 Vol.3 N.4

Evolving Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS) and Technological Consideration
Degenerated spinal disc and spinal stenosis are common problems requiring decompressive spinal surgery.

2009 Vol.3 N.4

Post fusion junctional disc herniation syndrome treated with endoscopic spine surgery
Fusions of the cervical and lumbar spine are often followed within months or several years by protrusion of discs at the adjacent level or levels.

2009 Vol.3 N.4

Endoscopic Microdecompressive Cervical Discectomy And Foraminal Decompression Over 2000 Patients
To demonstrate outpatient endoscopic microdecompressive cervical discectomy and foraminal decompression, with mechanical decompression and lower level non-ablative Holmium laser for disc shrinking and tightening effect (laser thermodiskoplasty), performed for treatment of symptomatic herniated cervical disc to be efficacious and safe, and preserves spinal motion.

2009 Vol.3 N.4

Digital Technology Convergence and Control System: Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeon's (MISS) Perspective and Technological Consideration
Problems and challenges facing minimally invasive spinal surgery: Degenerated spinal disc and spinal stenosis are common problems requiring decompressive spinal surgery.

2009 Vol.3 N.4

Posterior Lateral Thoracic Endoscopic Microdiscectomy
Purpose: To demonstrate the safety and efficacy of outpatient based endoscopic thoracic discectomy with laser thermodiskoplasty performed for symptomatic thoracic herniated nucleus pulposus.

2009 Vol.3 N.4

Transforaminal Endoscopic Microdecompression For Herniated Lumbar Discs With Spinal Stenosis And Tissue Modulation Technology – Update
Purpose: To demonstrate effective transforaminal endoscopic microdecompression for herniated lumbar discs with spinal stenosis, for very large protruded discs, recurrent discs with scar tissue and bony spurs or spondylitic bars compressing the lumbar nerve root.

2008 Vol.1 N.2

The Decade of Evolving Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery (MISS) and Technological Considerations
Evolving minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has rapidly come of age, with better endoscopic spinal surgical instrumentation, the explosive development of bio-computer and bio-technology, digital video imaging, laser application.

2008 Vol.1 N.1

MISS: A Surgeon's perspective and emerging technical considerations
Degenerated lumbar disc and spinal stenosis are common problems requiring decompressive lumbar surgery. Open spinal discectomy is associated with significant morbidity, long-term convalescence, prolonged general anesthesia and wide dissection of tissues that can cause bleeding, scarring and eventual destabilization of spinal segments.

2008 Vol.1 N.2

Endoscopic Microdecompressive Cervical Discectomy and Foraminal Decompression
Purpose: To demonstrate outpatient endoscopic microdecompressive cervical discectomy and foraminal decompression, with low energy non-ablative Holmium laser for disc shrinking and tightening effect (laser thermodiskoplasty), performed for treatment of symptomatic herniated cervical disc to be efficacious and safe, and preserves spinal motion.

2008 Vol.1 N.2

Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation and Reconstruction with an Intravertebral Mesh and Morcelized Bone Graft
This presentation is to discuss the percutaneous outpatient vertebral augmentation (VA) and reconstruction with a polyethylene intravertebral mesh (OptiMesh® Spineology, Inc., Stillwater, MN, USA) and biologic morcelized bone graft, the surgical indications, operating technique, case illustrations and clinical outcome.

2008 Vol.1 N.2

Minimally Invasive Surgical Treatment with Interspinous Process Implant (X-STOP) for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
With increase in life expectancy and the aging of baby boomers, more people are living to an age where degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) becomes symptomatic presenting as neurogenic intermittent claudication (NIC). Minimally invasive surgical treatment of neurogenic intermittent claudication secondary to lumbar spinal stenosis with an interspinous process distraction device (IPD), i.e. X-STOP appears to be a significant improvement in the surgical treatment of this condition over traditional decompressive lumbar spinal surgery with or without lumbar fusion.

2007 Vol.1 N.2

Lumbar Endoscopic Disc Surgery: The Osnabrueck's Experience
Percutaneous endoscopic lumbar discectomy (PELD) in the treatment of far lateral disc herniation was introduced in 1997 in our institution by our late colleague Dr. Schumacher.

2007 Vol.1 N.2

SMART®: Endoscopic Assisted Lumbar Surgery For Treatment Of Degenerative Disc Disease
In response to the rapid development and demand of outpatient minimally invasive surgical technique, the new versatile SMART® Endoscopic Lumbar Spine System (Karl Storz GmbH & Co., Tuttlingen, Germany) was developed to provide the necessary bridge between traditional and endoscopic spine surgical techniques.

2007 Vol.1 N.1

Endoscopic Microdecompressive Cervical Discectomy and Foraminal Decompression
To demonstrate outpatient endoscopic microdecompressive cervical discectomy and foraminal decompression, with low energy non-ablative Holmium laser for disc shrinking and tightening effect (laser thermodiskoplasty), performed for treatment of symptomatic herniated cervical disc to be efficacious and safe, and preserves spinal motion.

2007 Vol.1 N.1

Adjacent or Junctional Disc Herniations in Post Spinal Fusion Treated With Endoscopic Spinal Surgery for Segmental Motion Preservation
Fusions of the cervical and lumbar spine are often followed within months or several years by protrusion of discs at the adjacent level or levels.

2007 Vol.1 N.1

Posterior Lateral Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy with Laser Thermodiskoplasty
To demonstrate the safety and efficacy of outpatient based endoscopic thoracic discectomy with laser thermodiskoplasty performed for symptomatic thoracic herniated nucleus pulposus.

2007 Vol.1 N.1

Transforaminal Endoscopic Microdecompression for Herniated Lumbar Discs and Spinal Stenosis
To demonstrate effective transforaminal endoscopic microdecompression for herniated lumbar discs and spinal stenosis, for very large protruded discs, recurrent discs with scar tissue and bony spurs or spondylitic bars compressing the lumbar nerve root. This is to be accomplished with endoscopic micro spinal instruments, laser application, and newly developed endoscopic decompression instruments (including tubular retractors, large cannulae, more aggressive trephines, curettes, rasps, and ronguers), in addition to laser thermodiskoplasty for disc shrinkage.

2007 Vol.1 N.1

Emerging Endoscopic Minimal Invasive Laser Spinal Surgery (lumbar, cervical and thoracic)
Laser Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (MISS) was thought to be impossible and impractical not long ago, but has rapidly come of age due to much improved endoscopic and micro spinal surgical instruments the explosive development of bio-computer technology, digital video imaging, ultra fast virtual spino scan, and tissue modulation technology.

2007 Vol.1 N.1

Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation and Reconstruction with an Intravertebral Mesh and Morcelized Bone Graft
This presentation is to discuss the percutaneous outpatient vertebral augmentation (VA) and reconstruction with a polyethylene intravertebral mesh (OptiMesh® Spineology, Inc., Stillwater, MN, USA) and biologic morcelized bone graft, the surgical indications, operating technique, case illustrations and clinical outcome.