SECTION 1 Fundamentals Chapter 1 Introduction and Scope of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Chapter 2 Development of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Chapter 3 Concept of tubes in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgeries Chapter 4 Applied Anatomy and Surgical Approaches in MISS Surgeries Chapter 5 Ultrasonic bone dissectors in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Chapter 6 Hazards of Radiation in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Chapter 7 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Percutaneous Transpedicular Approaches to the Spine SECTION 2 MIS in Cervical Spine Chapter 8 Anterior Cervical Diskectomy without Fusion Chapter 9 Tubular Retractors in Cervical Spine Chapter 10 Cervical Laminoforaminotomy Chapter 11 Minimally Invasive Transarticular C1-C2 Fixation (Mis-Tas) SECTION 3 MIS in Lumbar Spine--Non-instrumented Chapter 12 Microdiskectomy Chapter 13 Philosophy and Basis of PELD Chapter 14 Transforaminal Percutaneous Lumbar Endoscopic Diskectomy Chapter 15 lumbar canal stenosis treated by Transforaminal Endoscopic access Chapter 16 Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Diskectomy in Spondylodiskitis Chapter 17 Microlumbar Diskectomy Chapter 18 Microendoscopic Diskectomy Chapter 19 Microendoscopy for Lumbar Disk Prolapse Chapter 20 Tubular Decompression Technique in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Chapter 21 Endoscopic Lumbar canal decompression in Degenerative Stenosis SECTION 4 MIS in Lumbar Spine--Instrumented Chapter 22 MIS-TLIF Systems Chapter 23 Minimally Invasive Surgery--Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Chapter 24 Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (Tlif): Miss/Mini-open Chapter 25 Outcomes of Lumbar Microendoscopic Decompression Surgery Chapter 26 Outcomes in Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery--Instrumented Chapter 27 Management of Surgical Site Infection after Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery SECTION 5 Tumors, Infections and Osteoporosis Chapter 28 Vertebroplasty and Vesselplasty Chapter 29 Kyphoplasty Chapter 30 Scope of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Spinal Infections Chapter 31 Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery for Spinal Intradural Tumors SECTION 6 Pain Management Chapter 32 Epidural Steroid Injection Chapter 33 Radiofrequency Ablation of Facet Joints Chapter 34 Failed Back Surgery Syndrome SECTION 7 Advances in MISS Chapter 35 Robotics in Spine Surgery: An Ideal Surgical Assistant Chapter 36A Lumbar Spinous Process Splitting Approach for Decompression in Lumbar Canal Stenosis Chapter 36B Computer-assisted Spine Surgery: Navigation-guided Instrumentation in Minimally Invasive Spine surgery (Nav-MISS) Chapter 37 Navigation in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Chapter 38 Minimally Invasive Atlantoaxial fusion Chapter 39 Minimally Invasive Surgery in tuberculosis of Spine Chapter 40 Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Instrumentation Chapter 41 Tubular Retractors in Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Index.