Christoph Hofstetter - Atlas of Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Atlas of Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery

Christoph P. Hofstetter, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Sebastian Ruetten, MD
Attending Spine Surgeon
Center for Spine Surgery and Pain Therapy
Center for Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the St. Elisabeth Group Catholic Hospital Rhein-Ruhr
St. Anna Hospital Herne/Marien Hospital Herne University Hospital/Marien Hospital Witten Herne, Germany

Yue Zhou, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Orthopaedics
Xinqiao Hospital
Army Medical University
Chongqing, China

Michael Y. Wang, MD, FACS
Professor
Departments of Neurosurgery and Rehab Medicine
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Illustrations in this book were supported with grants from Joimax and Storz.

488 illustrations

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This edition is special. Professor Hofstetters Atlas of Full-Endoscopic Spine Surgery is a contribution that represents the leading edge of spine surgery. Endoscopic spine surgery is incredibly attractive to both surgeons and patients because of the predictably laudable outcomes and an enviable rapid patient recovery window for a spectrum of pathology. In our surgical armamentarium, this volumes significance is far more than a mere contemporary overview of the burgeoning field of endoscopic spine surgery.

This 26-chapter compendium is written with a remarkable surgical flair. It is thorough, comprehensible, and efficient. It is a step-by-step, concise description written for a broad range of learners, from those fully trained to those still part of the training phase. It is shaped by renowned surgeons who have helped push this evolving endoscopic spine field forward. Most of the chapters are penned by the editor who has an intuitive ability to communicate the most challenging surgical aspects of each operation to even a novice surgeon.

The photographs, drawings, figures, and writing style of this atlas are exceptional in nature, as there is not a single wasted stroke, figure, or chapter. The authors thought of everything from radiation safety to perioperative care. Especially, the surgical techniques chapters, which are simply a cut above many other spine atlas offerings. The atlas offers pearls, practical surgical considerations, and brilliant illustrations of how to deliver an endoscopic surgical solution.

The descriptions are almost mathematical in their emphasis on trajectories, three-dimensional anatomical perspective, and essential psychomotor nuances. The author meticulously describes everything from the position of the surgeons hands to the anatomical landmarks, as viewed through the endoscope. This is accomplished with the help of beautiful, crystal-clear endoscopic photographs coupled with perfectly choreographed perspectives of the patient/surgeon interface.