The following world-renowned leaders in spine surgery have favorably reviewed this new method of treating herniated discs, which replaces traditional "open" spine surgery.

Please see their comments in the article as summarized below.

• Dr. Charles Fager (professor of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School and author of Atlas of Spinal Surgery)
  page 598 bottom left -- "Ditsworth's superb technological approach effectively dispels most of my previous criticism of the numerous so-called minimally invasive procedures".

• Dr. Stewart Dunsker (professor and Director of Spine Surgery, University of Cincinnati) and the next President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
  Page 589 bottom left -- called this technique "the surgery of the future"

• Dr. Robert Williams (originator of Microlumbar Discectomy)
  Page 597 top right -- says Dr. Ditsworth should "be commended for this achievement"

• Dr. James I. Ausman, M.D., Ph.D., (Editor of Surgical Neurology) says on the cover of the June 1998 issue "Will this be the treatment neurosurgeons use for disc disease?".