The authors provide an overview of the minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) procedure including indications, technique, and complications. This novel technique is a method of achieving circumferential lumbar fusion using a unilateral dorsal approach. Minimally invasive TLIF uses a tubular retractor that is inserted via a muscle-dilating exposure, thereby minimizing t...

case presentation we report a case where a substantial right ovarian cyst in a 13 year old was removed through a single incision in the superior umbilical fold leaving no discernable scar. the placement of a purse string facilitated safe decompression of the cyst allowing delivery into the wound where the lining was stripped before being returned to the abdomen. conclusions subsequent single in...

As patients and their physicians become more demanding, the desire to make the procedures "minimally invasive" is growing constantly. In short, "minimally invasive" is a code phrase for life saving procedures which in same time disrupt our quality of life the least. Its goals include reducing incision size, decreasing surgical trauma and pain, and improving cosmesits, patient satisfaction, and ...

CRD summary The objective was to examine the cost-effectiveness of two minimally invasive techniques for total hip arthroplasty, which were the mini-incision technique and the Minimally Invasive Solutions two-incision hip procedure. These were compared with conventional surgery. The authors concluded that the minimally invasive techniques were more effective and less expensive than the conventi...

PURPOSE To evaluate information available on the internet regarding minimally invasive total knee arthroplasty (TKA). METHODS The 3 most popular search engines (Google, Yahoo, and MSN) were used to search the keyword 'minimally invasive knee replacement'. The top 50 websites from each search engine were evaluated for authorship and contents; duplicate websites were not double-counted. RESUL...

introduction: radio-guided parathyroid surgery along with other minimally invasive surgeries constitutes the main surgical treatment procedures for different kinds of hyperparathyroidism.  in this article we have reported our experience of radio-guided parathyroid surgery using tc-99m sestamibi. methods: ten patients with hyperparathyroidism included in our study. twenty mci of tc-99m sestamibi...

Introduction Minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty (THA) has become common, and several approaches are now used clinically. We have been using an anterolateral (AL) approach with partial resection of the gluteus medius in minimally invasive THA. Recently, faster recovery has been reported using the AL approach with muscle sparing technique (modified Watson-Jones approach) [1]. Our concern i...