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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lee, Sang-Ho
• Jeong, Seong Kyun
• Bae, Junseok

Titel

Evolution of Spine Surgery as a Request of Endoscopic and Microscopic Laser to Technology

Ist Teil von

• Laser Spine Surgery, 2021, p.1-8

Ort / Verlag

Singapore: Springer Singapore Pte. Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Spine surgery is one of the fastest developing areas of surgery. In the past, a wide field of view was essential to find anatomical landmarks and to access to the lesion, and therefore a wide area of incision was inevitable. However, a wide area of incision may cause extensive tissue damage to important structures, leading to late patient recovery and the development of unnecessary pain after surgery. Since the 1980s, the laser-assisted microscopic surgery allowed for deeper surgery with a smaller incision area of less than 1 inch for a magnified view. In the 1990s, the laser-assisted endoscopic spine surgery became possible with the therapeutic incision range of 0.5–1 cm for the intervertebral disc. Endoscopic or microscopic lasers are essential to perform better surgery with a smaller incision for minimally invasive disc surgery. Minimally invasive spinal surgery using lasers guides patients to return to their daily lives faster and have a quality of life and time economy. Minimally invasive spinal surgery using lasers is already present now, not in the future.