Advanced Peripheral Nerve Surgery and Minimal Invasive Spinal Surgery (Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement Book 92)

The papers in this volume summarize information about the most recent and effective techniques for treating diffcult functional problems and painful situations by using minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques. Spinal endoscopy both for diagnostic and treatment purposes is presented as well as microsurgical operations for spinal problems, intradiscal techniques for the treatment of disc degenerative pathology, and dynamic stabilization techniques together with an up-to-date review of physiopathology of the diseases. New trends in peripheral nerve surgery are presented. Also the problem of traumatic nerve lesions in different anatomical districts is analyzed with special attention on the theme of thoracic outlet syndrome. The posttraumatic aspects of this disease are discussed both in respect of its causative mechanisms, and its medicolegal aspects. Neurolysis: Is it beneficial or harmful?....Pages 3-6 TOS pathophysiology and clinical features....Pages 7-12 Post-traumatic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)....Pages 13-15 Brachial plexus injuries: regeneration timing and prognosis in patients without need for urgent operation. Preliminary results on truncus primarius superior....Pages 17-20 Thoracic outlet syndrome due to hyperextension-hyperflexion cervical injury....Pages 21-24 Whiplash injury. TOS and double crush syndrome. Forensic medical aspects....Pages 25-27 Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome staging and treatment....Pages 29-31 Suprascapular nerve entrapment....Pages 33-34 Multicenter study on carpal tunnel syndrome and pregnancy incidence and natural course....Pages 35-39 Endoscopic carpal tunnel release surgery: retrospective study of 390 consecutive cases....Pages 41-45 Wrist median nerve motor conduction after end range repeated flexion and extension passive movements in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Pilot study....Pages 47-52 Microsurgical treatment of lumbosacral plexus injuries....Pages 53-59 Femoral nerve entrapment....Pages 61-62 Italian multicentre study of peroneal mononeuropathy at the fibular head: study design and preliminary results....Pages 63-68 Entrapment of crural branches of the common peroneal nerve....Pages 69-70 Percutaneous cervical nucleoplasty using coblation technology. Clinical results in fifty consecutive cases....Pages 73-78 Intradiscal injection of oxygen-ozone gas mixture for the treatment of cervical disc herniations....Pages 79-82 Percutaneous nucleoplasty for discoradicular conflict....Pages 83-86 CT-guided oxygen-ozone treatment for first degree spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis....Pages 87-92 Ozone chemonucleolysis in non-contained lumbar disc herniations....Pages 93-97 Micro-endoscopic-discectomy (MED) for far lateral disc herniation in the lumbar spine. Technical note....Pages 99-101 A long-term review of 50 patients out of 506 treated with automated percutaneous nucleotomy according to onik for lumbar-sacral disc herniation....Pages 103-105 Surgical intradiscal decompression without annulotomy in lumbar disc herniation using a coblation device: preliminary results....Pages 107-109 CAM versus nucleoplasty....Pages 111-114 Paraspinal approach to the far lateral disc herniations: retrospective study on 42 cases....Pages 115-119 Surgical radio-frequency epiduroscopy technique (R-ResAblator) and FBSS treatment: preliminary evaluations....Pages 121-125 Disc coablation and epidural injection of steroids: a comparison of strategies in the treatment of mechanical spinal discogenic pain....Pages 127-128 Preliminary results of a soft novel lumbar intervertebral prothesis (DIAM) in the degenerative spinal pathology....Pages 129-131 Lumbar spinal decompression with a pneumatic orthesis (orthotrac): preliminary study....Pages 133-137 The different outcomes of patients with disc herniation treated either by microdiscectomy, or by intradiscal ozone injection....Pages 139-142 Quality of life, clinical and neurophysiological picture in patients operated on for lumbar stenosis....Pages 143-146 Myofascial pain mimicking radicular syndromes....Pages 147-150 Prevention of recurrent radicular pain after lumbar disc surgery: a prospective study....Pages 151-154 Annotation The papers in this volume summarize information on the most recent and effective techniques for treating difficult functional problems and painful situations using minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques. The book presents spinal endoscopy both for diagnostic and treatment purposes, as well as microsurgical operations for spinal problems, intradiscal techniques for the treatment of disc degenerative pathology, and dynamic stabilization techniques. This is accompanied by an up-to-date review of the physiopathology of the diseases. New trends in peripheral nerve surgery are presented. The problem of traumatic nerve lesions in different anatomical districts is also analyzed, with special attention to the theme of thoracic outlet syndrome. The posttraumatic aspects of this disease are discussed both with respect to its causative mechanisms, and its medicolegal aspects Edited By A. Alexandre, A. Bricolo, And H. Millesi. On Behalf Of The Committee For Peripheral Nerve Surgery Of The World Federation Of Neurosurgical Societies, And Sponsored By Eu.n.i., European Neurosurgical Institute, The Third Course On Peripheral Nerve Microsurgery And On Minimally Invasive Treatments For Spinal Diseases Was Held In Treviso, February 9-11, 2004--pref. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. A summary of the most recent and effective techniques for treating difficult functional problems and painful situations using minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques. Including an up-to-date review of the physiopathology of the diseases. Neurolysis outside of the nerve itself is a common and frequently very successful procedure in order to remove an external compression like a bony fragment, scar tissue or a foreign body.