Question: What types of surgeries use minimally invasive spine techniques?
Answer:
Minimally invasive spinal surgery is one discipline within a larger trend in medicine. Minimally invasive surgeries are performed in many medical disciplines including cardiovascular, gynecological, and neurosurgery.
In spine surgery, minimally invasive surgical techniques are used to treat:
Procedures include:
- spinal fusion
- laminotomy
- laminectomy
- vertebroplasty
- nerve root retraction
- medial facetectomy
- foraminotomy
