Spine Surgery: Current Practice and Future Directions
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Neurology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2025 | Viewed by 135
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neuroradiology; endoscopic neurosurgery; microneurosurgery; cervical spine; neuro-oncology; spine surgery; intervertebral disc arthroplasty; spine
Interests: spine surgery; imaging; spinal surgery; spinal cord injury; neuro-oncology; tumors; computed tomography; navigation; economic analysis; biomechanics
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Dear Colleagues,
The progress of knowledge and technology in the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases affecting the spine has been remarkable in the last years. New instrumentation devices coupled with intraoperative imaging acquisition systems and dedicated ancillaries has allowed surgeons to reduce surgical trauma and obtain better results and faster recoveries. Therapeutic indications still remain unchanged, but new procedures have emerged in order to alleviate the symptoms complained of by the patients without reducing the mobility and the functions of the spine. Spine endoscopy, robot-assisted surgery, and moreover, regenerative therapies are the new frontiers for the coming years.
In this Special Issue, we welcome authors to submit papers on the clinical advance of spine surgery regarding different pathologies (trauma, tumor, degenerative, and deformity) in terms of both diagnosis and treatment.
Dr. Claudio Bernucci
Dr. Francesco Costa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- degenerative
- spinal trauma
- spine tumors
- neurosurgery
- spine surgery
- spinal deformity
- scoliosis
- robotics surgery
- spinal cord injury
- clinical practices
- regenerative therapies
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