Dakwar E, Uribe JS The thoracolumbar junction, encompassing the eleventh thoracic to the second lumbar vertebrae (T11-L2), is a common location for traumatic and nontraumatic pathologies because of the relative rigidity of the thoracic spine (afforded by the ribs and their sternal attachments) superiorly and the mobility of the lumbar region inferiorly.1-3 Lateral approaches to this junctional ...

S instability, spondylolisthesis, and degenerative disc disease have long been recognized as surgically treatable causes of lower back and radicular leg pain.7,18 Since Cloward introduced the posterior lumbar interbody fusion in 1952, minimally invasive alternatives to lumbar spine fusion have been sought in hopes of offering a less invasive alternative that achieves comparable outcomes to open...

background: laparoscopy or minimally invasive surgery is a surgical procedure in which laparoscope and other surgical instruments are inserted inside body via a few small incisions. laparoscope is used to look inside the patient's body and records displayed images. temporal segmentation of laparoscopic videos has many applications like detecting laparoscopic anomalies and interrupts. it is prer...

Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) by thoracoscopy after neoadjuvant therapy results in significant short-term advantages such as a lower incidence of pulmonary infections and a better quality of life (QoL) with the same completeness of resection. After 1 year, a better QoL is still observed for MIE in comparison with the open approach, while having the same survival. Seven issues about imp...

resection is the most common treatment choice for sigmoid volvulus, a common complication in our region. a new minimally invasive technique for sigmoid resection with local anesthesia was done in this study. this method is invented to avoid general on regional anesthesia in high-risk patients. nineteen patients were evaluated and then 14 were enrolled in this study. sigmoidectomy with a left lo...