This video demonstrates the utility of the arthroscopic needle driver in minimally invasive approaches to the lumbar spine. A description of the needle driver as well as a demonstration of its use in closure of the fascia in a microdisectomy operation and a minimally invasive lumbar fusion through an expandable retractor.

This information has been taken from Arthroscopic Techniques in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery: Closure of the Lumbar Fascia, a manuscript that can be read here: http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/… . It was submitted by corresponding author Luis M. Tumialán, MD, from the Division of Neurological Surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.