Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

The phrase “minimally invasive spine surgery” is still met with skepticism by most neurosurgeons. In many, it might even elicit overt disbelief or hostility. Indeed, we have been down this path before. We have seen chymopapain come and go, and we have noted the same fate for automated percutaneous lumbar discectomy. We have heard the virtues of laser discectomy, foraminal epidural endoscopic discectomy, and recently intradiscal electrothermy....