Istanbul University

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

Full-Endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Decompression of Lateral Recess Stenosis

Cafer Ikbal Gulsever¹, Duran Sahin¹, Sefa Ozturk¹, Tural Ahmadov¹, Pulat Akin Sabanci¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University

Technical advances and increased experience in full-endoscopic spinal surgeries enable these procedures to be performed with minimal incision, muscle retraction, and bone removal.

Medicine

Full Endoscopic Interlaminar Approach for Paracentral L5-S1 Disc Herniation

Duran Sahin¹, Cafer Ikbal Gulsever¹, Musa Samet Özata¹, Irem Yaren Uysal¹, Aydin Aydoseli¹, Yavuz Aras¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University

Here, we present a protocol to describe the full endoscopic interlaminar approach (FEILA) technique, including every cutoff step required to reach technical proficiency. FEILA is a surgery with a relatively steep learning adaptation. Despite this, any surgeon capable of microdiscectomy can perform FEILA with enough practice and suitable patient selection.