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Minimally invasive spine surgery. PrefaceKurt M Eichholz
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Street, Suite 970, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neurosurg Clin N Am 17:ix-x. 2006
Surgical site infection rates after minimally invasive spinal surgeryJohn E O'Toole
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Neurosurg Spine 11:471-6. 2009..The incidence of SSI can be < 1% after decompressive procedures and > 10% after instrumented fusions. Anecdotal evidence has suggested that there is a lower rate of SSI when minimally invasive techniques are used...- Minimally invasive insertion of syringosubarachnoid shunt for posttraumatic syringomyelia: technical case reportJohn E O'Toole
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Neurosurgery 61:E331-2; discussion E332. 2007..We provide the first report of an SSAS inserted in a minimally invasive fashion through a tubular retractor... - Minimally invasive far lateral microendoscopic discectomy for extraforaminal disc herniation at the lumbosacral junction: cadaveric dissection and technical case reportJohn E O'Toole
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 W Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Spine J 7:414-21. 2007..Reports specifically describing minimally invasive surgical approaches to lumbosacral ELDHs are lacking... - Minimally invasive approaches to vertebral column and spinal cord tumorsJohn E O'Toole
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Street, Suite 970, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neurosurg Clin N Am 17:491-506. 2006.... - Endoscopic posterior cervical foraminotomy and discectomyJohn E O'Toole
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Street, Suite 970, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neurosurg Clin N Am 17:411-22. 2006..This article reviews the technique in detail as well as the advantages over open approaches. Nuances of the technique, including complications and their management, are also explored... - The development of minimally invasive spine surgeryRichard G Fessler
Section of Neurosurgery, The University of Chicago, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 3026, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Neurosurg Clin N Am 17:401-9. 2006.... - Posterior minimally invasive approaches for the cervical spineVishal C Gala
Section of Neurosurgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Orthop Clin North Am 38:339-49; abstract v. 2007..Complication avoidance and management is also discussed... - Minimally invasive lumbar spinal decompression in the elderly: outcomes of 50 patients aged 75 years and olderDavid S Rosen
Section of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center and Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
Neurosurgery 60:503-9; discussion 509-10. 2007..Our objective was to examine the safety and efficacy of minimally invasive lumbar spinal surgery for elderly patients... - Minimally invasive posterior osteotomiesJean Marc Voyadzis
Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
Neurosurgery 63:204-10. 2008..The aim of the following studies was to determine the feasibility of minimally invasive posterior thoracic corpectomy and thoracolumbar osteotomy techniques for deformity in human cadavers and select clinical cases... - A novel technique for temporary fixation during posterolateral thoracic corpectomyDmitry Ruban
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Spinal Disord Tech 24:E66-70. 2011..Description of novel technique... 
Chordoma of the thoracic spine in an 89-year-oldRicardo Fontes
Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison, Suite 1115, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Eur Spine J 21:S428-32. 2012..Case report and literature review...