A laminectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a portion of a vertebra called the lamina, which is the roof of the spinal canal. It is a major spine...

Failed back syndrome or post-laminectomy syndrome is a condition characterized by chronic pain following back surgeries. Many factors can contribute to...

invasive than conventional vertebral column surgery techniques, such as laminectomy because it leaves more ligaments and muscles attached to the spinous...

treatments are not effective, with the usual procedure being a decompressive laminectomy. Spinal stenosis occurs in as many as 8% of people. It occurs most commonly...

imaging such as MRI or CT scan. CES is generally treated surgically via laminectomy. Sudden onset is regarded as a medical emergency requiring prompt surgical...

remain in place.[citation needed] This technique contrasts with vertebral laminectomy in the amount of bone and muscle tissue that has to be removed, displaced...

groove on the other) and then "swinging" the freed flap of bone open. Laminectomy – A surgical procedure in which the lamina of the vertebra is removed...

discectomy and fusion (ACDF) Craniotomy for brain tumor (CBT) Discectomy Laminectomy Posterolateral lumbar fusion (PLF) Neuropathology is a specialty within...

(removal of lamina with a bone graft or metal plate as replacement) or laminectomy (removal of lamina without any replacement) with or without fusion can...

for decompression of lumbar nerves is laminectomy, a surgical procedure developed in the early 1900s. In laminectomy, the paraspinal muscles are dissected...