School of Hard Knocks: MIS TLIF lessons learned over the past 2 decades
The Evolution of MIS TILF
The Evidence for MIS TLIF Today and Tomorrow
The new technology guiding this procedure
The Future is Endoscopic: How Endoscopic TLIF will envolve
Perfecting the MinimaIly Invasive Transforminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion-Maximazing Lordosis
Perfecting the MI-TLIF: Ensuring Fusion
MIS TILF: Becoming Less Invasive
Preoperative Planning for TLIF: Implications of Patient-Specific Anatomy
Regional Anesthesia in Ambulatory Spine Surgery
Leveraging Awake Spine Surgery to Expand Outpatient Possibilities
Controversies in Motion Preservation
Modern Arthroplasty: What we have learned
C-TDR Expanded Indications
Lumbar Arthroplasty: Have Indications Expanded?
Cervical Disc Replacement: Patient Specific Considerations
Cervical Hybrid Arthroplasty Constructs
Lumbar Arthroplasty Hybrid Constructs
Endoscopy
I’ve Been Going to Courses for Years, But I Haven’t Done Any Endoscopy - This Is Why
You’ve Been Going to Courses For Years—This Is How (and Why) You Should Start Your Endoscopic Practice
Uniportal—Why It’s Worth It and How to Convince Your Hospital
Biportal Endoscopy - How to Convince Your Hospital
Building an Endoscopic Program
Measuring Outcomes After Endoscopic surgery
Why Endoscopy? Why not Tubular?
Endoscopy for Degen Spondy Indicated for Fusion
Endoscopic vs Tubular L4 - L5 Fusion
Endoscopic Posterior Cervical Faraminotomy
Foraminotomy / Microdiscectomy at C7 - T1
Why Endoscopy Rather than Tubular ?
L5 - S1 Paracentral Disc Hernation: Tube
Uniportal, Biportal, No Portal!
Complications/Fun Cases/Struggles
MIS Case Complication That Changed My Practice
Management of MIS Durotomies
C-TDR Was Not The Right Choice
Cervical Laminoplasty – Easiest Surgery in the Cervical Spine
Expandable TLIF Cages - Pillar of MIS TLIF
I Was Skeptical re: AR for a While, But Now Use it for Different Applications
Robots = Fancy Navigation - Don’t Waste Your Money
My Robot Broke - Should I Cancel the Case?
SPECT - Helps Decision Making
Troubleshooting the Robot - Analyzing the Errors
Lateral and Deformity
Lateral is Best
Prone Lateral Lumbar Fusion
Lateral: This Is the Best Position - OLIF Ergonomics
Prone Transpsoas for Revision Surgery
What Are the Learning Curves Encountered in Lateral Surgery?
Factors to Consider When Deciding on Your Approach Side
Vascular and Bowel Injuries in Lateral Approaches
Neuromonitoring in Anterolateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion—How Should We React to Signal Changes?
Minimally Invasive vs. Maximally Effective
Addressing the Focal Problem vs. Correcting the Larger Deformity
Safety and Protocols: Overlap Between the Deformity and MIS Degen World?
What is the Future of Enabling Technology?
Robotics: How Far We Have Come
Beyond Rigid Stereotaxy: Will Spine Robots Ever Grow Up?
Preoperative Planning and Patient Specific Implants
Is Artificial Intelligence the Future?
Augmented Reality: Where We Are, What's Coming?
VR Enabled Resident Education of Lateral Access Spine Surgery
Training the Next Generation of Spine Surgeons
Are Spine Surgeons at Risk Through Innovation?
Spine Training Should Be Combined During Residency!
Spine Training Should Remain Separate Between Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery (for the Time Being)
Learning New Techniques Early in Practice (Endoscopy)
Building Your Professional Social Media Footprint
Taking Your Practice to an ASC - Early Considerations
Preserving Our Own Mobility: Spine Health for MISS Surgeons
Free Papers
Variations in Preoperative Muscle Health Across Vertebral Levels in Patients with One Level Degenerative Spondylolisthesis
Decompression alone versus decompression with fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: do the 5-year results differ when comparing only minimally invasive surgeries?
Interbody Fusion and Osteoinductivity Verification with AMP2, a New Variant of rhBMP-2 Re-engineered to Bind Specifically to a Carrier
Unraveling Spinal Pathology: Could Gene Expression in Paralumbar Tissue Play a Role
Impact of Lumbar Disk Herniation on Performance Outcomes and New Contracts in the National Basketball Association
Multi-Institutional Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol in Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) Study
Two-Level CDR Patients Return to Work Sooner Than Two-Level ACDF Patients: A Matched Cohort Analysis
High Modified 5 Factor Failty index Is Associated With Worse PROMs and Decreased Return to Activities After 1 or 2 Level MI-TLIF
Defining Postoperative Kyphosis Following Cervical Laminoplasty: Incidence and Risk Factor Analysis
The Impact of: Lumbar Spine Sagittal Alignment on Clinical Outcomes Following ACDF
Exclusively Anterior Reconstruction Can Be Safe and Effective in Correcting Mild, Flexible Cervical Deformity
Role of Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Cervical Spine Surgery Decision Making
Tissue-Sparing Cincumferential Cervical Fusion (CCF) Using a Posterior Cervical Stabilization System Improved Outcomes When Compared to 3-Level ACDF Only: An Interim Analysis
Discrepancy Between Global and Disease Specific Outcome Measures Following Cervical Spine Surgery
Outcomes of a Multi-Institutional Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol in Cervical Spine Surgery: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative (MSSIC) Study
How Are We Defining Preoperative Anemia? A Comparison of Various Anemia Thresholds Among Patients Undergoing Short Construct Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase Is Associated With Increased Rates of Pseudoarthrosis, Readmission and Return to Operating Room in Open But Not Minimally Invasive Lumbar Arthrodesis Surgery
Do Preoperative Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections Increase the Risk of Infection After Lumbar Decompression Surgery?
An Evaluation of Pseudoarthrosis Following Lumbar Fusion Surgery Utilizing Multi-Planar Computed Tomography
Complications and Outcomes in Minimally Invasive vs. Open L4-L5 Decompression for Lumbar Stenosis
Comparison of Patient Outcomes in Anterior, Lateral and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusions Approaches: A Retrospective National Database Analysis
Harnessing Smartphones to Capture Socioeconomic Disparities in Spine Surgery Outcomes
Single Position Lumbar Spine Interbody Fusion and Pedicle Screw Placement Reduces Operating Room Costs
Failure Rates of Indirect Decompression Requiring Reoperation After Prone Lateral Interbody Fusion
Two-Year Clinical Outcomes of Full Endoscopic Sacroiliac Joint Neurotomy for Chronic Low Back Pain: Efficacy, Safety and Predictive Factors
Blurred Boundaries: The Prevalence of Interventional Spine Procedures Performed By Pain Management Physicians
Simulation Training in Spinal Endoscopic Surgery: A Systematic Review of Current Status and Future Directions
A Clinical Comparison of Perioperative Outcomes and Complications With Biportal Endoscopic and Open Lumbar Laminectomy Using an Early Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol
Endoscopic Decompression for Radiculopathy in Adult Degenerative Scoliosis: Single Surgeon Retrospective Review
Transfacet Approach for TLIF Compared to MIS and Percutaneous TLIF: A Single Surgeon Retrospective Study
One Year Clinical Outcomes of Prone Transpsoas Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Prone Trans-Psoas Interbody Fusion With Anterior Longitudinal Ligament Release for Correction of Adult Spinal Deformity: Complications and Radiographic Outcomes
Biomechanical In Vitro Analysis of Construct Fatigue Comparing Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Lateral Plate Augmentation to Bilateral Pedicle Screw Fixation
Long-Term Outcomes of Titanium vs PEEK Cages in Single Level MI-TLIF: A Matched Cohort Study
Surgical Site Infections Following Lumbar Fusion
Microscopically-Assisted Uninstrumented Surgical Tumour Decompression (MUST-D) as an Alternative to Open Surgery for Symptomatic Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression (MESCC)
Importance of Epiphyseal Rim Contact in Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: A Study on Bone Surrogates Reconstructed From Computer Tomography
Defining the Normative Level of Functional Low Back Pain Disability in the American Population: A Crowdsourced Evaluation of the Oswestry Disability Index
Age-Adjusted Baseline NDI Values: Understanding Neck Pain Disability in the American Population Through Crowdsourcing
Pre-operative HbA1C Is Associated With Socioeconomic Disparities and Readmission in Minimally Invasive Lumbar Spine Surgery
Temporal Trends of Improvement After Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression
Outcomes of Primary vs. Revision TLIF Following Decompression Alone in Degenerative Spondylolisthesis: A Retrospective Propensity Score Matched Study
Does Preoperative Symptom Duration Impact Clinical Outcomes in the Early and Late Postoperative Periods After Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy?
Multi-Centre Prospective Cohort of Patients With Intractable Chronic Low Back Pain Treated With Restorative Neurostimulation: 2-Year Outcomes of the ReActiv8-C Registry
Ultrasound Assessment of the Anterior Neck and Hematoma Before and After Anterior Cervical Spine Surgery
Comparing Diagnostic and Therapeutic Choices for Cervical Disorders: ChatGPT 3.5 vs ChatGPT 4.0 vs Spine Surgeons
Accuracy of Single Step Instrumentation for Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Insertion Utilizing Augmented Reality
Effects of Utilization of Augmented Reality on Intraoperative Efficiency
Accurately Extracting Procedural Information From 6,000 Lumbar Spine Surgery Notes With Artificial Intelligence
Predicting Transfusion Requirements in Posterior Spinal Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity Using Artificial Intelligence
The Efficacy of Robot-Assisted MIS-TLIF in Patients With Radiographically Challenging Characteristics: A Comparative Study with Navigation-Only MIS TLIF
Does Responsiveness to Erector Spinae Plane Block Following Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Impact Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Early and Late Postoperative Periods?
Multi-Center Prospective Cohort of Intractable Chronic Low Back Pain Patients Treated with Restorative Neurostimulation – Outcomes from 5-Year Data
The Differential Impact of Pre-Surgical Opioid Use on Post-Surgical Opioid consumption in Adult Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion or Decompression alone
How Do Patients Define “Risk” in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgical DecisionMaking?
Evidence-Based Medicine: DOes Data Support the ''20-Minute Rule'' For Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion?
A Cadaveric Comparison of Discectomy Preformance During Transforminal Lumbar Interboy Fusion Approach Using An Endoscopic Technique Versus A Minimally Invasive Tubular Approach
Technical Feasibility and Safety of Transpedicular Thoracic Corpectomy for Circumferential Decompression of Spinal Cord From Renal Cell Metastasis Using Biportal Endoscopic Technique: An Argument for the Paradigm Shift in Separation Surgery?
Trans-SAP Approach for Thoracic Discectomy with Foraminoplasty: Clinical Outcomes and Surgical Technique
Return to Work After Endoscopic Spine Surgery in the United States
Transabdominal Muscle Action Potentials (TMAP) With an Event-Based Protocol Provides Real-Time Assessment of Nerve Injury During Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Postoperative Segmental Lordosis Following Single-Position vs. Dual Position Lumber Interbody Fusion
A Comparison of Post-Operative Pain Management Following Lumbar Laminectomy Fusions Utilizing TLIP or ESP Block
Neuroforaminal Bone Growth Leads to Slower Improvement Following MIS TILF
Psoas Muscle Morphology: A Novel Classification System and Its Anatomical Relationship with Adjacent Neurovascular Structures
Lumbar Facet Arthroplasty: An Analysis Comparing Two-Year Outcomes from a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial Among Patients with Unstable vs Stable Spondylolisthesis
Intraoperative Management and Outcomes of Incidental Durotomy in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: A Review of 43 Cases
Effect of Neck Pain Severity on Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System Outcomes Following Cervical Disc Replacement for Herniated Disc
A History of Trauma Preceding Cervical Disc Replacement May Lead to Worse Postoperative Patient Reported Outcomes: A Matched Cohort Analysis
Twenty-Four Month Assessment of Arthrodesis Following ACDF at Three Contiguous Levels From Subjects Enrolled Prospectively in the FUSE IDE Clinical Trial
Cervical Disc Arthroplasty for the Treatment of Adjacent Segment Disease after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Temporal Trends of Improvement in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
Cervical Muscle Size and Sagittal Alignment in the Symptomatic Cervical Spine
Temporal Trends of Improvement in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy After Anterior Cervical Surgery
Tubular Versus Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression for Obese Patients
Comparing Long-Term Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy (MI-PCF) Performed in Ambulatory Surgery Centers versus Outpatient Hospital Settings
Safety Assessment of Performing Same-Day Outpatient Three and Four Level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion
A Multicenter Evaluation of Pre and Postoperative Malalignment in Fusions from L4-S1 – How Well Are Spine Surgeons Doing at Hitting Segmental Alignment Targets?
Outcomes of One Versus Two Levels MIS Decompression With Adjacent Level Stenosis
Impact of Biomechanical Characteristics of Lumbar Disc Arthroplasty Implants on Clinical Outcomes: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 179 Patients
Correlating Preoperative Pfirrmann Grading With Multifidus Muscle Characteristics Using a Novel Colometric Grayscale Method for Mucle Degeneration Assessment
To Fuse or Decompress? A Multicenter Study of Factors Affecting Surgical Decisions in L4-L5 Spondylolisthesis
Learning Curve and Long-Term Outcomes of Mini Open Correction and Fusion for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis –
Biomechanical Analysis of Expandable Interbody Cage Stiffness, Force Exertion, and Subsidence in the Setting of Spondylolisthesis
Are We Getting Better at Comprehensive Alignment in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity?
Perioperative Recovery Kinetics and Narcotic Use Following CMIS Surgery for Adult Spinal Deformity Correction of 6 or more levels
Impact of Single-Level Minimally Invasive Versus Open L4-L5 and L5-S1 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion on Postoperative Distal and Lumbar Lordosis
Are we sacrificing lordosis when using expandable vs fixed TLIF cages?
Clinical effectiveness and complication of OLIF51 versus L5/S1TLIF in surgical treatment of adult spinal deformity –
Can 4-rod fixation with double Iliac screws and Sacral Ala-Iliac screws for adult spinal deformity prevent rod breakage and be a new fixation method?
Attitudes Regarding Barriers to Entry and the Learning Curve Associated with Endoscopic Decompression-Only Surgery: An International Survey –
The Effect of Preoperative Symptom Duration and Spinal Pathology on Mental Health Outcomes Following Lumbar Decompression
Prediction of Postoperative Urinary Retention Following Lumbar Decompression
Effect of Depo-Medrol Application on the Psoas Muscle After Transpsoas LLIF on Post-operative Thigh Pain and Neurological Complications
Lumbar Decompression: A Prospective Comparison Between Endoscopic and Tubular Techniques on Outcomes for Patients With Central Canal or Foraminal Stenosis
Long Term Results of Clinical and Radiographical Outcomes After Prone Transpsoas Lateral Interbody Fusion for Degenerative Lumbar Spinal Disease: A Prospective Multicenter Study
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