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Spine surgery performed trough one single 6 to 8 mm tube
The procedure is performed under general anaesthesia
At the lumbar spine through its natural openings
Side: transforaminal
Posterior: interlaminar
Spine surgery performed trough one single 6 to 8 mm tube:
The working cannula is smaller than a ballpoint pen.
The working cannula is no bigger than a ballpoint pen
There is a particularly good view with the highest possible resolution ( 4K).
The beautiful view you have through the 8mm working tube. The different structures on a plastic back model demonstrated.
The procedure is performed under general anaesthesia
At the lumbar spine through its natural openings
For this procedure, a thin endoscope is used to operate through the natural openings between the vertebrae of the lower back.
No space needs to be 'artificially created' for access, no bone or ligament resection is performend ( in contrary to microcopic surgery).
Procedure through natural orifices of the back: through the nerve opening and through interlaminar.
There are two possibilities.
lateral side spinalacces
Posterior midline acces
Interlaminar
Here is the access to the spine with the tube and camera passing through the middle of the back
Transforaminal
A small tube containing a special camera is inserted through the nerve opening witch is located at the side of the spine
Natural openings of the spine: through the foramen (nerve opening) and through interlaminar window
In the "trans-foraminal" technique, a small incision is made lateral, at side of the back.
Trans-foraminal operations are not possible with classical surgery.
Via the "interlaminar" access, surgery is performed by a posterior midline incision. This is the endoscopic equivalent of the "classical" spinal surgery.