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Lumbar discectomy : Are tubular or endoscopic discectomies better than traditional microdiscectomy? / MIS: Martin H. Pham, Alexander Tuchman, John C. Liu, open: John D. Attenello, Steven R. Garfin, Richard Todd J. Allen -- Lumbar stenosis best treated with an open laminectomy? / MIS: Hasan R. Syed and Sylvain Palmer -- Facet cysts : Is there an advantage to treating synovial cysts with MIS techniques? / MIS: Jose M. Torres-Campa, Marjan Alimi, and Roger Hartl -- Transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion : MIS vs open / MIS: Rory J. Petteys, Anthony Conte, and Faheem A Sandhu, open: Jason C. Eck -- The lateral transpsoas approach versus ALIF : Do the risks of lateral interbody fusion outweigh the benefits compared to anterior lumbar interbody fusion? / MIS: Steven M. Spitz, Hasan R. Syed, and Jean-Marc Voyadzis, open: David L. Scott, and Peter G. Whang -- Is AxiaLIF comparable to open Fusion with ALIF and posterolateral 360-degree fusion at L5-S1? / MIS: Venu M. Nemani and Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, open: John D. Koerner, and Todd J. Albert -- Multiple-level interbody fusion : How do two-level fusion techniques compare between open and MIS? / MIS: OluMide Ojeifo, Christopher Hills, and Robert E. Isaacs, open: P. Justin Tortolani -- Is lumbar adjacent segment degeneration best treated using MIS over open fusion techniques? / MIS: Luiz Pimenta, Luis Marchi, Leonardo Oliveira, open: Christopher M. Bono -- Degenerative scoliosis : Is there an advantage to using MIS techniques to treat degenerative scoliosis? / Chun-Po Yen, Juan S. Uribe, Christopher I. Shaffrey -- Flatback syndrome : Can lumbar flatback syndrome be treated adequately with MIS techniques? / MIS: Navid R. Arandi and Gregory M. Mundis Jr., open: Randa El Mallah and Ahmad Nassr --- Can thoracic disc herniation be effectively treated using MIS techniques? / MIS: Paul W. Millhouse, Troy Mounts, Kristen E. Radcliff, open: Alexander A. Theologis, Vedat Deviren -- Posterior cervical foraminotomy / MIS: Tim Eugene Adamson, open: Andrew Hecht and Steven Joseph McAnany -- Complications of instrumentation : Is there a higher complication rate in placing instrumentation via an MIS technique compared with an open technique? / MIS: Russell G. Strom, and Anthony K. Frempong-Boadu, open: Saad B. Chaudhary and Michael J. Vives -- Dural tears : Should an MIS complication such as a dural tear routinely be opened for adequate repair or are there safe and reliable MIS techniques for dural closure? / MIS: John E. O'Toole, open: Michelle J. Clarke -- Do MIS techniques broaden the scope for geriatric spine surgery? / Michael Y. Wang -- Thoracolumbar burst fractures : Can thoracolumbar burst fractures be effectively managed using minimally invasive surgery techniques? / MIS: Gurpreet S. Gandhoke, David O. Okonkwo, and Adam S. Kanter, open: Amandeep Bhalla and Kristen E. Radcliff -- Open and minimally invasive treatment of cervical spine fractures / MIS: Michael Y. Wang and Joanna Gernsback, open: S. Babak Kalantar and Joseph Paul Letzelter III -- Thoracolumbar metastatic tumors : comparison of minimally invasive surgery versus open techniques for addressing thoracolumbar metastatic tumor resection and stabilization / MIS: Dr. Prashanth J. Rao and Dr. Ralph J. Mobbs, open: Dr. Peter S. Rose and Dr. Michelle Clarke -- Intradural spine tumors : Is There an advantage to removing intradural spine tumors using an MIS approach? / MIS: Anthony Conte, and Trent L. Tredway, open: Jeremy Fogelson and Michelle J. Clarke -- Quality of life in advanced tumors : Can minimally invasive surgery techniques improve the quality of life of patients with advanced oncologic disease to allow for decreased pain or should traditional techniques of palliation be used? / MIS: Ankit I. Mehta, open: Alp Yurter and Daniel M. Sciubba -- Radiation exposure : How does radiation exposure differ between open and minimally invasive techniques? / MIS: Jonathan Yun and Alfred T. Ogden, open: Mark L. Prasarn -- Infection rates : How do infection rates compare between MIS and open spine techniques? / MIS: Kurt M. Eichholz, open: Bryce A. Basques, Daniel D. Bohl, Nicholas S. Golinvaux, and Jonathan N. Grauer -- Cost : Which cost more, open or MIS surgery? / MIS: Scott L. Parker, open: Matthew J. McGirt -- Success rates and Time : Can three-dimensional navigational imaging improve the success and time required for MIS surgery and minimize radiation exposure to those in the OR Suite? / Eric W. Nottmeier. |
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