Vol 6, No 6 (March 29, 2018): Annals of Translational Medicine (Focus on “Art of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery”)

Preface

Rapid development of minimally invasive spinal surgery: exciting advancements and challenges
Roger Härtl, Ai-Min Wu
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Review Article

Minimally invasive spine surgery for degenerative spine disease and deformity correction: a literature review
Marios G. Lykissas, Dionysios Giannoulis
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:99
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Percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy: a technical review
Javier Quillo-Olvera, Guang-Xun Lin, Jin-Sung Kim
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2018;
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:100
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Complications on minimally invasive oblique lumbar interbody fusion at L2–L5 levels: a review of the literature and surgical strategies
Javier Quillo-Olvera, Guang-Xun Lin, Hyun-Jin Jo, Jin-Sung Kim
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:101
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Minimally invasive surgery for thoracolumbar spinal trauma
Corey T. Walker, David S. Xu, Jakub Godzik, Jay D. Turner, Juan S. Uribe, William D. Smith
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:102
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Minimally invasive versus conventional spine surgery for vertebral metastases: a systematic review of the evidence
Zach Pennington, A. Karim Ahmed, Camilo A. Molina, Jeffrey Ehresman, Ilya Laufer, Daniel M. Sciubba
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:103
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Minimally invasive anterior, lateral, and oblique lumbar interbody fusion: a literature review
David S. Xu, Corey T. Walker, Jakub Godzik, Jay D. Turner, William Smith, Juan S. Uribe
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Original Article

Comparison of minimally invasive and open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion in the treatment of single segmental lumbar spondylolisthesis: minimum two-year follow up
Ai-Min Wu, Zhi-Chao Hu, Xiao-Bin Li, Zhen-Hua Feng, Dong Chen, Hui Xu, Qi-Shan Huang, Yan Lin, Xiang-Yang Wang, Kai Zhang, Jie Zhao, Wen-Fei Ni
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:105
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Lumbar disc reherniation after transforaminal lumbar endoscopic discectomy
Thomas A. Kosztowski, David Choi, Jared Fridley, Michael Galgano, Ziya Gokaslan, Adetokunbo Oyelese, Albert Edward Telfeian
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2018;
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:106
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The outcomes of percutaneous kyphoplasty in treatment of the secondary osteoporotic vertebral compression factures: a case-control study
Ai-Min Wu, Xun-Lin Li, Xiao-Bin Li, Kai Zhang, Xiao-Jiang Sun, Chang-Qing Zhao, Shen Wang, Qi-Shan Huang, Yan Lin, Wen-Fei Ni, Xiang-Yang Wang, Jie Zhao
Annals of Translational Medicine  
2018;
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:107
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Perspective

Prepsoas oblique lateral lumbar interbody fusion in deformity surgery
Catherine Miller, Puneet Gulati, Deepak Bandlish, Dean Chou, Praveen V. Mummaneni
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:108
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Limitations and complications of minimally invasive spinal surgery in adult deformity
Jacob Januszewski, Andrew C. Vivas, Juan S. Uribe
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2018;
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:109
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Highlights from the First Annual Spinal Navigation, Emerging Technologies and Systems Integration Meeting
Doniel Drazin, Peter Grunert, Roger Hartl, David Polly, Bernhard Meyer, Ken Catchpole, Ilya Laufer, Rajiv Sethi, Tiffany Perry, David Simon, Michael Wang, Charles Fisher, Marissa Scribner, Genevieve White, R. Shane Tubbs, Rod J. Oskouian, Terrence Kim, J. Patrick Johnson
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2018;
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:110
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Disclosure:

The focused issue “Art of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery” was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Roger Härtl and Ai-Min Wu served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.