Object Resection of spinal tumors traditionally requires bilateral subperiosteal muscle
stripping, extensive laminectomy, and, in cases of foraminal extension, partial or radical …

The field of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has rapidly evolved over the past 3
decades. This review follows the evolution of techniques and principles that have led to …

OBJECT Patients with symptomatic intradural-extramedullary (ID-EM) tumors may be
successfully treated with resection of the lesion and decompression of associated neural …

OBJECT Spinal tumor resection has historically been performed via open approaches,
although minimally invasive approaches have recently been found to be effective in small …

Minimally invasive spine surgery has its roots in the mid‐twentieth century with a few
surgeons and a few techniques, but it has now developed into a large field of progressive …

Background and Study Aims Spinal schwannomas are benign slow-growing tumors, and
gross total resection is the gold standard of treatment. The conventional surgical approach is …

BACKGROUND To date, the traditional approach to intraspinal tumors has been open
laminectomy or laminoplasty followed by microsurgical tumor resection. Recently, however …

Introduction Given the potential injury to the spinal cord and the nerve roots during the
surgery and the necessity of minimal spinal cord manipulation during surgery, minimally …

Surgical access to deep intracranial lesions causing the least amount of iatrogenic trauma to
the surrounding brain tissue remains a challenging task. In this article, we evaluate the use …

Background Traditional laminectomy for excision of spinal tumors involves extensive
dissection of the midline spinous ligaments, greater blood loss, and risk of delayed …