The use of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has grown rapidly over the last decade and remains the fastest growing area in spine surgery. Now in a revised and expanded second edition including 19 new chapters, this comprehensive textbook provides an updated presentation of the field of MISS, highlighting surgical techniques and clinical outcomes as well as providing a unique focus on how these techniques are applied for specific spinal diagnoses.Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, Second Edition includes detailed discussions of enabling technologies, surgical techniques (including posterior decompression and fusion), approaches to specific diseases and conditions (including outcomes and supporting evidence), a new section on out-patient/ambulatory spine surgery, and strategies to manage the unique risks and complications of MISS. Each chapter, whether revised or new, is formatted in a consistent manner, including bulleted key learning points as well as review questions, pearls and pitfalls, and generous illustrations and intra-operative photographs.Written and edited by thought leaders in the field, this user-friendly textbook will be an essential teaching resource for orthopedic and neurosurgery students and residents. It will also serve as a useful reference and review for orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons and all health care professionals who treat the spine.

Frank M. Phillips, MDProfessor and Director, Division of Spine SurgerySection Head, Minimally Invasive Spine SurgeryFellowship Co-Director, Spine SurgeryRush University Medical CenterChicago IL, USA Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSCMedical DirectorTexas Back InstituteTexas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, Scoliosis and Spine Tumor CenterPlano, TX, United States David W. Polly, Jr., MDJames W. Ogilvie Professor and Chief of Spine SurgeryCatherine Mills Davis endowed chairDepartment of Orthopedic SurgeryProfessor (W)Department of NeurosurgeryUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN, USA Michael Y. Wang, MD, FACSProfessor, Spine Director, & Chief of Neurosurgery at UMHDepartments of Neurological Surgery & Rehab MedicineThe Miller School of Medicine at the University of MiamiMiami, FL, United States