Contrasting to open surgery, minimally invasive posterior approach to the lumbar spine have a major advantage of limiting iatrogenic trauma to surrounding structures, thereby reducing postoperative pain, facilitating patient recovery and shortening hospital stay.

Paraspinal approaches allow access to the transverse processes and facets of the lumbar spine, and have been utilized in a variety of surgical procedures used in the management of various spinal pathologies. This includes discectomy for disc herniation, decompression for spinal canal stenosis, insertion of pedicle screws for fractures, lumbar interbody fusions, and treatment of intradural lesions such as tumors ^{1) 2) 3) 4) 5)}. ^{6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11)}

Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy

MIS Lumbar Fusion