Minimally Invasive Spine Techniques

Timothy R. Deer is a clinical professor of anesthesiology at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, where he also received his medical degree. He completed his training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of Virginia. Dr. Deer has published on a range of topics, including injection techniques, minimally invasive disc procedures, intrathecal drug delivery, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. He lectures at many national and international symposiums and has been involved in the hands-on training of more than a thousand interventional pain specialists. He serves on the board of directors of the North American Neuromodulation Society and American Academy of Pain Medicine. He is a past chair of the committee on pain medicine of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, a member of the editorial board of the journal Neuromodulation, president of the West Virginia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, and serves on several other boards and committees. Dr. Diwan is a world renown luminary in Minimally Invasive Spine Methods. A former fellowship director, at Cornell University, Dr. Diwan now leads the Latin American Pain Society and the New York New Jersey Pain Symposium, one of the premier meetings in the space. In addition, he has authored hundreds of articles, chapters and books. Dr. Deer and Dr. Diwan frequently teach these methods of Minimally Invasive Spine surgery around the world and have an extensive network of physicians who are renowned in all areas of the book.

• Section 11. History of spine surgery2. History of minimally invasive surgery3. Anatomy of the cervical spine4. Anatomy of the Thoracic Spine5. Anatomy of the lumbar spine6. Anatomy of the sacral spine7. Anatomy of the Sacroiliac JointSection II8. New Methods of Sacroiliac Joint Fusion:The Posterior Approach9. Lateral oblique approach forsacroiliac joint fusion10. New methods of Si joint fusion:lateral approach11. New methods of ligamentousdecompression12. New methods of interspinous indirectdecompression and fusion13. New methods of kyphoplasty14. New methods of discogenic treatmentfor vertebrogenic back pain15. New methods of basovertebral nerveablation16. Minimally invassive facet joint fusion17. New Methods of Rehabilitationfor the Multifidus Muscle18. Regenerative medicine of the spine19. Spinal cord stimulation(modern advances)20. Dorsal root ganglion stimulation21. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation22. Intrathecal drug delivery—minimallyinvasive spine techniques:modern approaches23. Best practice guidelines for minimallyinvassive spine procedures