State Of The Art For Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery

A. Dezawa, P.-Q. Chen, J.-Y. Chung (Eds.) State of the Art for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery A. Dezawa, P.-Q. Chen, J.-Y. Chung (Eds.) State of the Art for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery With 91 Figures, Including 2 in Color 3 Akira Dezawa, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Teikyo University School of Medicine Mizonokuchi Hospital 3-8-3 Mizonokuchi, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki 213-8507, Japan Po-Quang Chen, M.D., Ph.D. National Taiwan University Hospital No. 7 Chung Shan S. Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Jae-Yoon Chung, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Orthopedic Surgery Chonnam National University Hospital 501-746 5 Hak-dong, Donggu, Gwangju, Korea Library of Congress Control Number: 2004113934 ISBN 4-431-01248-6 Springer-Verlag Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publisher can give no guarantee for information about drug dosage and application thereof contained in this book. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com © Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2005 Printed in Japan Typesetting: SNP Best-set Typesetter Ltd., Hong Kong Printing and binding: Nikkei Printing, Japan Printed on acid-free paper Foreword The second congress of the Pacific Asian Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery (PASMISS) held in Phuket, Thailand, August 5–6, 2002, was highly successful. Dr. Akira Dezawa, the president, had worked hard in organizing the congress, which was well attended. All scientific papers presented were of the highest standard and were worthy of publication in book form. This scientific meeting brought to light the practice of this modern surgical technique as it is being performed by spine surgeons in the Asia–Pacific region. Dr. Dezawa has made a great effort to collect the papers from the congress, and to have them edited and published as a text that covers all aspects of the minimally invasive spine surgical approach. Minimally invasive spinal surgery will be a highlight of operative approaches in the twenty-first century and already has been popularized worldwide. This procedure will provide surgical options that address several pathological conditions in the spinal column without producing the types of morbidity commonly seen in open surgical procedures. The co