In this issue of Neurosurgery Clinics, guest editors Drs. Russell R. Lonser and Daniel K. Resnick bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Controversies in Neurosurgery: 2025. Top experts in the field cover key topics, including ALIF/OLIF/LLIF: Which one in which patients?; posterior and transforaminal interbody fusion: recent advances in technique and technology; sacral/pelvic fixation: new tools and techniques; TLICS 4 fractures: a breadth of options; and much more.
Key Features
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including endoscopic spine surgery: a critical review; outpatient neurosurgery: ASCs and the medicolegal landscape; private equity and neurosurgical practice; artificial intelligence in neurosurgery; direct convective delivery for nervous system gene therapy; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on current controversies in neurosurgery, 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.
Author Information
Edited by Russell R. Lonser, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA and Daniel K. Resnick, MD, MS, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, Wisconsin
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Versus Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion Versus Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Which One in Which Patient?
Posterior and Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Recent Advances in Technique and Technology
A Critical Review of Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Cases and Controversies in Spine Trauma
Sacral/Pelvic Fixation: New Tools and Techniques
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks: Diagnosis, Management, and Outcomes
Outpatient Neurosurgery: ASCs and the Medicolegal Landscape
Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for Subdural Hematoma
Supramarginal Resection of Glioblastoma: A Review
Controversies in Artificial Intelligence in Neurosurgery
Direct Convective Delivery for Nervous System Gene Therapy