Technical Pearls for Difficult Cases, Controversies and Complications of Lumbar Endoscopy

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Spinal endoscopy has the stigma of being reserved for only a few that figure

out how to master the steep learning curve and develop clinical practice settings where

an endoscopic spine surgery can thrive. In essence, endoscopic treatment of herniated

discs specifically and nerve root compression in the lumbar spine in general amounts to

replacing traditional open spine surgery protocols with spinal endoscopic surgery

techniques. In doing so, the endoscopic spine surgeon must be confident that the

degenerative spine's common painful problems can be handled with the endoscopic

spinal surgery techniques with at least comparable clinical results and complication

rates. This chapter illustrates several complex clinical examples and proposes treatment

algorithms with pertinent pearls and tips for revision and complication cases.

Keywords: Complications, Controversies, Endoscopic techniques, Herniated disc.

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