1. The Role of Neuronavigation In Lumbar Spine Surgery -- 2. Imaging In Lumbar Spine Surgery: The Role Of Intraoperative CT-scan -- 3. The Robotic Arm Guidance Systems: Principles and Indications -- 4. The Robotic Arm Guidance System: Applications And Limits -- 5. 3D Printed Tubular Guides for Pedicle Screw Fixation -- 6. New Techniques and MIS - The XLIF Technique -- 7. New Implants and Techniques in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Percutaneous Spine Fusion with the Posterolateral Endoscopic Approach -- 8. New Techniques and MIS: The Minimally Invasive TLIF -- 9. New Techniques and MIS: The Awake TLIF -- 10. New Techniques and MIS --- The Cortical Bone Trajectory Screws: Indications And Limits -- 11. New Techniques And MIS: The Interspinous Fixation Devices -- 12. New Techniques And MIS - The Interfacet Fixation With Facet Wedge Device -- 13. Expandable Cages and Minimal Invasive Approaches to the Thoracolumbar Spine for Anterior Column Reconstruction -- 14. New Techniques and MIS: The Thoracoscopic Approach. .

This book presents an updated perspective on spinal implants currently used in thoraco-lumbar spine surgery, leading to a rigid or dynamic spine fusion. The development of new surgical devices and techniques is mostly focused on a spinal fusion for lumbar instability due to trauma, tumours or degenerative or infectious diseases. Pedicle-screw fixation and fusion are currently considered to be the gold standard for most of the above-mentioned pathologies, and modern implants are designed to improve the accuracy of pedicle-screw placement and to allow the use of new surgical techniques and minimally invasive approaches. The content is relevant for surgeons, orthopaedic specialists, neurosurgeons, physiotherapists and osteopaths.