This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America is devoted to "Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery" and is edited by Zachary A. Smith, MD and Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD. Articles in this issue include: Complications and complication avoidance of minimally invasive spine surgery; Radiation exposure risk and avoidance; Current techniques in the management of cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy; Thoracic disc/pathology management through minimally invasive routes; Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody fusion: Long term outcomes and complications; Computer-assisted navigation technique for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and lateral interbody fusion; Safety and the Anatomy of the retroperitoneal lateral corridor; Minimally invasive extracavitary transpedicular corpectomy for the management of spinal tumors; Minimally invasive anterolateral corpectomy for spinal tumors; Minimally invasive approaches for the management of intramedullary spinal tumors; Percutaneous fixation of thoracolumbar fractures; Advances and feasibility of advanced minimally invasive techniques in deformity correction; Direct lateral approach: Outcomes and Deformity Correction; and Evidence basis and outcomes.

This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics of North America is devoted to "Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery" and is edited by Zachary A. Smith, MD and Richard G. Fessler, MD, PhD. Articles in this issue include: Complications and complication avoidance of minimally invasive spine surgery; Radiation exposure risk and avoidance; Current techniques in the management of cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy; Thoracic disc/pathology management through minimally invasive routes; Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody fusion: Long term outcomes and complications; Computer-assisted navigation technique for minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and lateral interbody fusion; Safety and the Anatomy of the retroperitoneal lateral corridor; Minimally invasive extracavitary transpedicular corpectomy for the management of spinal tumors; Minimally invasive anterolateral corpectomy for spinal tumors; Minimally invasive approaches for the management of intramedullary spinal tumors; Percutaneous fixation of thoracolumbar fractures; Advances and feasibility of advanced minimally invasive techniques in deformity correction; Direct lateral approach: Outcomes and Deformity Correction; and Evidence basis and outcomes.

This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Nathaniel P. Brooks and Dr. Michael Y. Wang, is devoted to New Technologies in Spine Surgery. Articles in this issue include: Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy, Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy, Endoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression, Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Retropleural Thoracic Approach, Novel Intervertebral Technologies, Surface Technologies for Fusion, Cell derived/Stem Cell Technologies for Fusion, Disk Replacement, Enhanced Recovery in Spine Surgery/Perioperative pain management, Imaging Technologies, Robotic Instrumentation Placement, Minimally Invasive Deformity Advances, Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Treatments, Minimally Invasive Tumor Ablation, and more.

The past decade has witnessed many advances in surgical care. Of prominent note, the evolution of cutting-edge spinal instrumentation has heralded the age of minimally-invasive spine surgery. The advent of such instrumentation - coupled with refined spine surgery techniques - allow minimal access to the operative site; thereby, decreasing bone and soft tissue trauma, diminishing postoperative pain and narcotic use, shortening hospitalization, reducing health-care costs, and leading to a quicker return to daily activities. With contributions from leading experts in diseases and surgery of the spine, this themed journal issue by the Orthopedic Clinics of North America addresses the current minimally-invasive spine surgery techniques and instrumentation that pertain to the operative management of various spine pathologies.

In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Sigurd Berven and Praveen V. Mummaneni bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Spinal Deformity Update. Top experts in the field discuss key topics surrounding abnormal curves in the spine, covering preoperative planning, open surgical approaches, minimally invasive surgical approaches, postoperative care; and more. Contains 19 relevant, practice-oriented topics including preoperative optimization: risk factors for perioperative complications and preoperative modification; when to do less with adult deformity surgery: fusion of the fractional curve vs. the entire deformity; robotic assisted surgery and navigation in deformity surgery; complications and avoidance in adult deformity surgery; and more. Provides in-depth clinical reviews on spinal deformities, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Nathaniel P. Brooks and Dr. Michael Y. Wang, is devoted to New Technologies in Spine Surgery. Articles in this issue include: Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy, Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy, Endoscopic Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression, Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion, Retropleural Thoracic Approach, Novel Intervertebral Technologies, Surface Technologies for Fusion, Cell derived/Stem Cell Technologies for Fusion, Disk Replacement, Enhanced Recovery in Spine Surgery/Perioperative pain management, Imaging Technologies, Robotic Instrumentation Placement, Minimally Invasive Deformity Advances, Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Treatments, Minimally Invasive Tumor Ablation, and more.

Surgery of the spine continues to be a key aspect of neurosurgery, constituting over half of all neurosurgical procedures. This issue of Neurosurgery Clinics investigates recent trends in minimally invasive methods. Article topics include minimally invasive approaches to cervical discectomy and foraminotomy, cervical decompression, thoracic discectomy and decompression, thoracoscopic spine surgery, deformity correction, lumbar discectomy and foraminotomy, lumbar decompression, fixation techniques, fusion techniques, and spinal tumors.