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Minimally Invasive Spine Techniques

Modern Approaches

  • 1st Edition - May 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Timothy R. Deer, Sudhir Diwan
  • Language: English

Minimally Invasive Spine Techniques: Modern Approaches is an indispensable resource tailored for practitioners facing the daily challenges demanding precision, innovation, and co… Read more

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Description

Minimally Invasive Spine Techniques: Modern Approaches is an indispensable resource tailored for practitioners facing the daily challenges demanding precision, innovation, and comprehensive knowledge. This edited reference not only provides a detailed exploration of anatomy critical to procedural success but also equips practitioners with the latest techniques and tools in minimally- invasive surgery (MIS). From patient selection criteria to surgical techniques and device applications, this atlas ensures that every facet of device implantation is approached with the highest standards of care and innovation.

Richly illustrated with a pictorial atlas of best practices, it serves as an essential guide for training, ensuring optimal outcomes in clinical practice.

Key features

  • Includes comprehensive coverage of spine, brain, and nerve anatomy crucial for precise surgical techniques
  • Explores new tools and methodologies, including SI joint fusion and neurostimulation techniques
  • Presents practical guidance on patient selection, disease indications, and FDA-approved device applications
  • Covers strategies for complication avoidance and management to enhance procedural safety and efficacy

Readership

Neurosurgeons including residents and fellows, neurologist, physicians and medical students

Table of contents

1. History of Spine Surgery

2. History of Minimally Invasive Surgery

3.Anatomy of the Cervical Spine

4. Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine

5. Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine

6. Anatomy of the Sacral Spine

7. Anatomy of the Sacroiliac Joint Section Two

8. New methods of SI joint fusion

9. New Methods of Si Joint fusion

10. New Methods of Si joint fusion

11. New methods of posterior lateral fusion

12. New methods of ligament decompression

13. New methods of interspinous indirect decompression and fusion

14. New methods of kyphoplasty

15. New methods of discogenic treatment.

16. New methods of basovertebral nerve ablation

17. New methods Facet joint Fusion

18. New methods of rehabilitation of the multifidus muscle

19. Regenerative medicine of the spine

20. Spinal cord stimulation (modern advances

21. Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation

22. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for the spine

23. Intrathecal Drug Delivery

24. New best practices for treatment of disease states

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Timothy R. Deer

Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees.
Affiliations and expertise
President, The Spine and Nerve Center of the Virginias; Clinical Professor, West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston, West Virginia, United States

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Sudhir Diwan

Dr. Diwan is a world renown luminary in Minimally Invasive Spine Methods. A former fellowship director, at Cornell University, Dr. Diwan now leads the Latin American Pain Society and the New York New Jersey Pain Symposium, one of the premier meetings in the space. In addition, he has authored hundreds of articles, chapters and books.

Dr. Deer and Dr. Diwan frequently teach these methods of Minimally Invasive Spine surgery around the world and have an extensive network of physicians who are renowned in all areas of the book.

Affiliations and expertise
President, Advanced Spine on Park Avenue, New York Associate Clinical Professor, Albert Einstein Medical School, Bronx, New York, USA