Despite advancements in instruments and surgical techniques for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) surgery, conventional open scoliosis surgery (COSS) is usually required to achieve satisfactory deformity correction using various distinct surgical techniques, such as rod derotation, direct vertebral rotation, facetectomies, osteotomies, and decortication of the laminae. However, COSS is accompanied by significant blood loss and requires a large midline skin incision. Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has evolved enormously in various fields of spinal surgery, including degenerative spinal diseases. MIS of the spine has some advantages over conventional surgery, such as a smaller incision, less blood loss and postoperative pain, and lower infection rates. Since the introduction of MIS for AIS in 2011, MIS has been reported to have comparable outcomes, including correction rate with some usual advantages of MIS. However, several complications, such as dislodgement of rods, wound infection, and hypertrophic scar formation, have also been reported in the initial stages of MIS for AIS. We devised a novel approach, called the coin-hole technique or minimally invasive scoliosis surgery (MISS), to minimize these complications. This article aimed to introduce a novel surgical technique for AIS and provide a preliminary analysis and up-to-date information regarding MISS.
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