Spinal Motion Preservation Surgery

Spinal Motion Preservation Surgery

1Department of Neurosurgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 2School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan 3Department of Neurosurgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 4Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA 5Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL,...

Motion Preservation technologies in cervical Spine Surgery

A cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) has been a surgical option for the management of cervical disc disorders since 1958 (16). Over time, longterm outcome studies increasingly focused on adverse effects, specifically on the vertebrae and the intervertebral discs adjacent to the level fused (2,8,10). The concern that spinal fusion may potentially contribute to the acceleration of adjacent seg...

Spinal Anaesthesia in Spinal Surgery

New Anesthesia Procedure during Tvt Surgery: Motor Nerve Preservation with Spinal Anesthesia Using Low-dose Bupivacaine

Aims of Study In the case of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) surgery, muscle strength is required for obtaining an adequate increase in abdominal pressure when conducting a stress test by coughing during the procedure. Consequently, although the procedure is frequently performed under local infiltration anesthesia, this requires the use of a large amount of local anesthetic. We employ the use o...

Instrumentation in spinal surgery.

As a result of rapid advances in the field of spinal instrumentation, the surgeon today has at his disposal many well-designed implants, such as pedicle screws, hooks, rods, plates, and interbody fusion devices. Many of these implants are modular and are used in combination, such as hooks and screws attached to rods, allowing the surgeon flexibility in selecting the appropriate implants to meet...