This book illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic approach, surgical procedure selection, and operative steps of common spinal degenerative disorders. Firstly, the fundamental principles of surgical spinal endoscopy are introduced, including development, spinal anatomy, radiological parameters, commonly used spinal assessment scales, and the natural history of various degenerative spinal diseases. Then diagnosis, treatment strategies, surgical techniques, and prognostic outcomes of spinal degenerative disorders are presented, accompanied by typical cases, medical illustrations, and intraoperative endoscopic videos on lumbar transforaminal, lumbar interlaminar, thoracic transforaminal, thoracic interlaminar, cervical endoscopic techniques, and lumbar endoscopic fusion techniques. It will be a helpful reference for aiding readers in rapidly mastering the relevant anatomy and techniques of full-spine endoscopic surgery.

Bin Zhu and Lingjia Yu are Professors at Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Guoyi Su and Yongpeng Lin are Professors at Department of Orthopedics, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine), Guangzhou, China.

Xingchen Li is a Professor at Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.