If you’re grappling with lower back or neck pain that can be severe and disabling, or restrict your ability to move and function, your doctor may recommend a laminectomy when more conservative ...
including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent 3-year period, according to an analysis of Medicare claims data from the Lown Institute. If unnecessary, such procedures ...
Laminectomy: In cases of spinal stenosis, a laminectomy may be performed to remove the lamina, the bony arch of the vertebra, thereby widening the spinal canal and alleviating pressure on the ...
OBJECTIVES: To identify preoperative radiographic parameters that may be quantitatively predictive of postoperative spinal cord drift after cervical laminectomy and arthrodesis. SUMMARY OF ...
Surgical options aim to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and provide stability to the neck. Common procedures are posterior cervical laminectomy, discectomy and fusion, or corpectomy.
There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the posterior aspect of the spinal canal is removed in a procedure known as laminectomy, and the anterior ...