Vol 6, Supplement 1 (January 16, 2020): Journal of Spine Surgery (Staged Endoscopic Management of Painful Spine Conditions)

Editorial

Early and staged endoscopic management of common pain generators in the spine
Anthony Yeung, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Meaningful outcome research to validate endoscopic treatment of common lumbar pain generators with durability analysis
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Anthony Yeung
Endoscopic spine surgery—increasing usage and prominence in mainstream spine surgery and spine societies
Andrew S. Chung, Jon Kimball, Elliot Min, Jeffrey C. Wang
Technology advancements in spinal endoscopy for staged management of painful spine conditions
Friedrich Tieber, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
The University of Miami spine surgery ERAS protocol: a review of our journey
Meng Huang, G. Damian Brusko, Peter A. Borowsky, John Paul G. Kolcun, Julie A. Heger, Richard H. Epstein, Jay Grossman, Michael Y. Wang
The strategies behind “inside-out” and “outside-in” endoscopy of the lumbar spine: treating the pain generator
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Endoscopic spine surgery in Republic of Korea
Hyeun-Sung Kim, Harshavardhan Dilip Raorane, Dong Hwa Heo, Yeon Jin Yi, Il-Tae Jang
The motivators to endoscopic spine surgery implementation in Latin America
Jorge Felipe Ramírez León
Endoscopic spine surgery in China: its evolution, flourishment, and future opportunity for advances
Peng Xiu, Xifeng Zhang

Original Study

Five-year clinical outcomes with endoscopic transforaminal outside-in foraminoplasty techniques for symptomatic degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Nicholas A. Ransom
Five-year clinical outcomes with endoscopic transforaminal foraminoplasty for symptomatic degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine: a comparative study of inside-out versus outside-in techniques
Anthony Yeung, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Outcomes with transforaminal endoscopic versus percutaneous laser decompression for contained lumbar herniated disc: a survival analysis of treatment benefit
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, André Luiz Calderaro, Thiago Soares dos Santos, Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva, Paulo de Carvalho Jr, Anthony Yeung
Return to work and recovery time analysis after outpatient endoscopic lumbar transforaminal decompression surgery
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Nicholas A. Ransom, Anthony Yeung
Surgical outcome of workman’s comp patients undergoing endoscopic foraminal decompression for lumbar herniated disc
Anthony Yeung, Shan-Hua Wei
Patient selection protocols for endoscopic transforaminal, interlaminar, and translaminar decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis
Álvaro Dowling, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Fabio Henrique Pinto da Silva, Jaime Andrés Araneda Parra, Daniela Molero Portillo, Yohanna Carolina Pineda Giménez
Clinical outcomes with endoscopic resection of lumbar extradural cysts
Stefan Hellinger, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Suprailiac versus transiliac approach in transforaminal endoscopic discectomy at L5-S1: a new surgical classification of L5—iliac crest relationship and guidelines for approach
Prasad Patgaonkar, Girish Datar, Utkarsh Agrawal, Chellamuthu Palanikumar, Anshul Agrawal, Vaibhav Goyal, Vivek Patel
Risk factors predicting less favorable outcomes in endoscopic lumbar discectomies
Jeffrey L. Katzell
Lumbar vacuum disc, vertical instability, standalone endoscopic interbody fusion, and other treatments: an opinion based survey among minimally invasive spinal surgeons
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Xifeng Zhang, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, Stefan Hellinger, Anthony Yeung
Surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy using an anterior cervical endoscopic decompression
Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, José Gabriel Rugeles Ortíz, Carolina Ramírez Martínez, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Comparative study of curative effect of spinal endoscopic surgery and anterior cervical decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Heng Yuan, Xi-Feng Zhang, Lei-Ming Zhang, Yu-Qiu Yan, Yan-Kang Liu, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Navigating the learning curve of spinal endoscopy as an established traditionally trained spine surgeon
Nicholas A. Ransom, Sohrab Gollogly, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Anthony Yeung
Virtual reality in spinal endoscopy: a paradigm shift in education to support spine surgeons
Ryan Lohre, Jeffrey C. Wang, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Danny P. Goel
Is Asia truly a hotspot of contemporary minimally invasive and endoscopic spinal surgery?
Jin-Sung Kim, Anthony Yeung, Yadhu K. Lokanath, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Surgeon training and clinical implementation of spinal endoscopy in routine practice: results of a global survey
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, José-Antonio Soriano-Sánchez, Xifeng Zhang, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Sergio Soriano Solis, José Gabriel Rugeles Ortíz, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva, Stefan Hellinger, Álvaro Dowling, Nicholas Prada, Gun Choi, Girish Datar, Anthony Yeung
Surgeon motivation, and obstacles to the implementation of minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, José-Antonio Soriano-Sánchez, Xifeng Zhang, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Sergio Soriano Solis, José Gabriel Rugeles Ortíz, Carolina Ramírez Martínez, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Kaixuan Liu, Qiang Fu, Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, Stefan Hellinger, Álvaro Dowling, Nicholas Prada, Gun Choi, Girish Datar, Anthony Yeung
Regional variations in acceptance, and utilization of minimally invasive spinal surgery techniques among spine surgeons: results of a global survey
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, José-Antonio Soriano-Sánchez, Xifeng Zhang, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Sergio Soriano Solis, José Gabriel Rugeles Ortíz, Carolina Ramírez Martínez, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Kaixuan Liu, Qiang Fu, Marlon Sudário de Lima e Silva, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, Stefan Hellinger, Álvaro Dowling, Nicholas Prada, Gun Choi, Girish Datar, Anthony Yeung

Case Report

Standalone lordotic endoscopic wedge lumbar interbody fusion (LEW-LIF™) with a threaded cylindrical peek cage: report of two cases
Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Álvaro Silva Ardila, José Gabriel Rugeles Ortíz, Carolina Ramírez Martínez, Gabriel Oswaldo Alonso Cuéllar, Jefferson Infante, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski
Subsidence induced recurrent radiculopathy after staged two- level standalone endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion with a threaded cylindrical cage: a case report
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Nicholas A. Ransom, Anthony Yeung
Early return to activity after minimally invasive full endoscopic decompression surgery in medical doctors
Yugen Fujii, Kazuta Yamashita, Kosuke Sugiura, Yoshihiro Ishihama, Hiroaki Manabe, Fumitake Tezuka, Yoichiro Takata, Toshinori Sakai, Toru Maeda, Koichi Sairyo
Return to play in professional baseball players following transforaminal endoscopic decompressive spine surgery under local anesthesia
Toru Maeda, Nobutoshi Takamatsu, Ayaka Hashimoto, Yasuyuki Omichi, Kosuke Sugiura, Yoshihiro Ishihama, Hiroaki Manabe, Kazuta Yamashita, Yoichiro Takata, Toshinori Sakai, Koichi Sairyo

Disclosure:

The supplement “Staged Endoscopic Management of Painful Spine Conditions” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Spine Surgery without any sponsorship or funding. Anthony Yeung and Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the supplement.