title: Emerging Techniques in Degenerative Thoracolumbar Surgery.
abstract: There continue to be incremental advances in thoracolumbar spine surgery techniques in attempts to achieve more predictable outcomes, minimize risk of complications, speed recovery, and minimize the costs of these interventions. This paper reviews recent literature with regard to emerging techniques of interest in the surgical treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, fusion fixation and graft material, degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis, and thoracolumbar deformity and sacroiliac joint degeneration. There continue to be advances in minimal access options in these areas, although robust outcome data are heterogeneous in its support. The evidence in support of sacroiliac fusion appears to be growing more robust in the properly selected patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Miss-ouri.
authors.forename: Theodore J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Choma
authors.affiliation: Departments of Orthopaedic and Neurological Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Mroz
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, Miss-ouri.
authors.forename: Christina L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuro-surgery, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Uni-versity of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.|Divi-sion of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Mohammed F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Shamji
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000639:trends; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
keywords: Decompression; Deformity; Fixation; Fusion; Spondylolisthesis; Thoracolumbar spine