Laser Spine Surgery

Introduction

This book describes and illustrates state-of-the-art techniques in laser spine surgery. Laser technology has revolutionized surgeries in many specialties to perform minimally invasive and cutting-edge procedures. Recent advances in spinal surgery have led to the increasingly widespread use of minimally invasive techniques based on endoscopy and microscopy. Nevertheless, the application of laser in the context of spinal surgery remains less well known, and the aim of this book is to present practical usage of laser in spine surgery to our readers. A wide variety of minimally invasive approaches to spine surgery using CO2, Ho: YAG, and Nd: YAG lasers are presented in detail, with a discussion of equipment and specific recommendations on laser settings. Care has been taken to ensure that the content is faithful to the fundamental principles of spine surgery and evidence-based medicine. The book will be an essential resource for all who use or are intending to use lasers in spine surgery.

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii
2. Evolution of Spine Surgery as a Request of Endoscopic and Microscopic Laser to Technology

   Sang-Ho Lee, Seong Kyun Jeong, Junseok Bae

   Pages 1-8
3. Physics and General Principle of Spinal Laser

   Shin-Jae Kim, Junseok Bae

   Pages 9-15
4. Setting Up Lasers in Spine Surgery

   Shih Min Lee, Junseok Bae

   Pages 17-23
5. Anesthetic Consideration of the Laser Spine Surgery

   Jisang Kim, Gyu Dae Shim, Junseok Bae

   Pages 25-32
6. Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Paramedian Disc Herniation with Ho:Yag Laser

   Sang-Ha Shin

   Pages 33-45
7. Transforaminal Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Foraminal Disc Herniation with Ho:Yag Laser

   Sang Soo Eun

   Pages 47-52
8. Endoscopic Lumbar Foraminotomy with Ho:Yag Laser

   Han Joong Keum, Kang Seok Moon

   Pages 53-60
9. Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Paramedian Disc Herniation with CO₂ Laser

   Dong Hyun Bae, Junseok Bae

   Pages 61-66
10. Discectomy of Calcified Disc Herniation Using CO₂ Laser

    Yong Soo Choi

    Pages 67-69
11. Microscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Foraminal and Extraforaminal Disc Herniation Using CO₂ Laser

    Dong-Ju Yun

    Pages 71-80
12. Transforaminal Endoscopic Thoracic Discectomy with Ho:Yag Laser

    Junseok Bae

    Pages 81-89
13. Microscopic Thoracic Discectomy for Paramedian Disc Herniation with CO₂ Laser

    Han Joong Keum

    Pages 91-98
14. Posterior Microscopic Cervical Discectomy with CO₂ Laser

    Ju-Wan Seuk, Junseok Bae

    Pages 99-103
15. Posterior Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy and Discectomy with Ho:Yag Laser

    Yong Soo Choi

    Pages 105-112
16. Anterior Endoscopic Cervical Discectomy with Ho:YAG Laser

    Junseok Bae

    Pages 113-122
17. Microscopic OPLL Resection with CO₂ Laser

    Ji Young Cho, Ho-Yeon Lee

    Pages 123-133
18. Percutaneous Endoscopic Laser Annuloplasty with Ho:YAG Laser for Discogenic Back Pain

    Shih Min Lee, Junseok Bae

    Pages 135-146
19. Trans-sacral Epiduroscopic Laser Adhesiolysis with Ho:Yag Laser

    Dongho Seo, Ki-Hyoung Moon, Oon-ki Baek

    Pages 147-157
20. Transforaminal Epiduroscopic Annuloplasty with Nd:YAG Laser for Discogenic Low Back Pain

    Chan Hong Park

    Pages 159-162

    1. Percutaneous Endoscopic Cervical Annuloplasty with Ho:YAG Laser for Discogenic Neck Pain

       Junseok Bae

       Pages 163-168
    2. Potential Complications of Laser Spine Surgery

       Jeong Hoon Choi

       Pages 169-171
    3. Future Technologies of Laser Spine Surgery

       Young-jin Kim, Junseok Bae

       Pages 173-177

       
       

       About the editors

       Junseok Bae, MD
       

       President and Medical Director
       

       Director, Wooridul International Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Fellowship Program 
       

       Department of Neurological Surgery  
       

       Chungdam Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea
       

       
       

       Sang-Ho Lee, MD, PhD

       Chairman, Wooridul Spine Hospital, Seoul, Korea

       Founder and Honorary President, World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery and Techniques

       Clinical  professor of  Anatomy, Yonsei University  College of medicine