Laminectomy
"Laminectomy". Nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 19 December 2012. "Patient agreement to investigation or treatment - Thoracic Laminectomy ... Although the literal meaning of laminectomy is 'excision of the lamina', a conventional laminectomy in neurosurgery and ... A laminectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a portion of a vertebra called the lamina, which is the roof of the spinal ... A laminectomy is also the name of a spinal operation that conventionally includes the removal of one or both lamina, as well as ...
Cervical spinal stenosis
Laminectomy - A surgical procedure in which the lamina of the vertebra is removed or trimmed to widen the spinal canal and ... Waxman, SG (2000). Correlative Neuroanatomy (24th ed.). "Laminectomy". Retrieved 19 December 2012. (Articles with short ...
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy
Laminectomy is a common surgical procedure for spinal decompression, wherein a part of the vertebrae is excised to alleviate ... "Laminectomy". Mayo Clinic. Retrieved 2023-03-28. (CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of August 2023, Articles with short description, ...
Failed back syndrome
In an extensive laminectomy involving 2 or more vertebra, post operative scarring is the norm. It is most often seen around the ... The term "post-laminectomy syndrome" is used by some doctors to indicate the same condition as failed back syndrome. The ... Spinal stenosis can be a late complication after laminectomy for disc herniation or when surgery was performed for the primary ... Epidural scarring following a laminectomy for disc excision is a common feature when re-operating for recurrent sciatica or ...
Ventral slot
Laminotomy Laminectomy Davis, Emily; Vite, Charles H. (2015). "Spinal Cord Injury". Small Animal Critical Care Medicine. pp. ...
Laminotomy
Since a laminectomy involves the excision of the entire lamina, a laminectomy will usually cause more spinal instability than a ... Historically, laminectomies have been the primary way to treat lumbar spinal stenosis. A laminectomy is a more invasive method ... and lumbar instability seen with laminectomies. Laminotomies are fairly new compared to laminectomies, and it involves using ... Laminectomies also often produce a longer recovery time as well as a greater risk for post-operative complications. There is ...
Ralph Bingham Cloward
Adkins, E. W. O. (1955). "Lumbo-Sacral Arthrodesis After Laminectomy". The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume. ...
Cauda equina syndrome
Surgical decompression by means of laminectomy or other approaches may be undertaken within 6, 24 or 48 hours of symptoms ... CES is generally treated surgically via laminectomy. Sudden onset is regarded as a medical emergency requiring prompt surgical ...
Lipomeningomyelocele
Housley SB, Patel D, Nyabuto E, Reynolds RM (14 December 2021). "Spinal cord detethering without laminectomy or laminotomy". ...
Spinal stenosis
Techniques include laminectomy, laminectomy and fusion, and laminoplasty. Decompression plus fusion appears no better than ... Lumbar decompressive laminectomy: This involves removing the roof of bone overlying the spinal canal and thickened ligaments in ... with the usual procedure being a decompressive laminectomy. Spinal stenosis occurs in as many as 8% of people. It occurs most ...
Orthopedic surgery
Laminectomy was common among adults aged 18-84 years. Knee arthroplasty and hip replacement were in the top five OR procedures ... ulna Laminectomy Repair of ankle fracture (bimalleolar type) Shoulder arthroscopy and debridement Lumbar spinal fusion Repair ...
Neurosurgery
Laminectomy is the removal of the lamina of the vertebrae of the spine in order to make room for the compressed nerve tissue. ... 2016 "Laminectomy - Health Encyclopedia - University of Rochester Medical Center". www.urmc.rochester.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-06 ... Procedures such as microdiscectomy, laminectomy, and artificial disc replacement rely on microsurgery. Using stereotaxy ... Discectomy Laminectomy Posterolateral lumbar fusion (PLF) Neuropathology is a specialty within the study of pathology focused ...
Spondylosis
Laminectomy Takagi I, Eliyas JK, Stadlan N (October 2011). "Cervical spondylosis: an update on pathophysiology, clinical ... or laminectomy (removal of lamina without any replacement) with or without fusion can be used for decompression. The posterior ...
Neurogenic claudication
"Evaluating the outcome of classic laminectomy surgery alone versus laminectomy with fixation surgery in patients with lumbar ... Laminectomy also involves partial or complete removal and sacrifice of the lamina, but in addition, facets in one or more ... The effectiveness of laminectomy, microdiscectomy, laminoplasty and spinal fusion surgeries as an alternative to spinal ... Other forms of surgical procedures include: laminectomy, microdiscectomy and laminoplasty. Patients with minor symptoms are ...
Spondylolysis
The laminectomy is commonly performed on the vertebrae in the lower back and in the neck. Spondylolysis can have a huge impact ... Laminectomy: Often performed when spinal stenosis occurs in conjunction with spondylolysis. The procedure surgically removes ...
Minimally invasive spine surgery
... like laminectomy or laminotomy. These procedures do not cause post-laminectomy syndrome (Failed back syndrome). Risks include ... also known as percutaneous adhesiolysis or the Racz procedure Laminectomy Laminotomy OLLIF Oblique lateral lumbar inter body ...
Laminoplasty
Laminectomy was one of the main methods for the posterior approach, however, the creation of laminoplasty was able to avoid ... The next method is called, en bloc laminoplasty, and it was a modification of the en bloc laminectomy, which was developed by ... "Cervical Laminectomy and Laminoplasty Risks and Success Rate in Portland, Oregon , Gavin Button, MD". spineportland.com. ... Laminoplasty is a surgical procedure that has been developed as an alternative to cervical laminectomy, which is used to treat ...
Discectomy
These procedures do not cause post-laminectomy syndrome (failed back syndrome). Microdiscectomy is a spine operation with a ...
Hypochondroplasia
Specifically in the case of spinal stenosis, one option is laminectomy. Life expectancy for individuals with hypochondroplasia ...
Rhizotomy
An L1 laminectomy is then performed: a section of the spine's bone, the spinous processes together with a portion of the lamina ... That L1-laminectomy modification has since become the standard method, and SLCH has become internationally known as a major ... Another important difference between the two approaches is the location of the laminectomy to expose the nerve roots. At ... and is the originator of the L1-single-level laminectomy modification to the SDR surgery in 1991, which sections the first ...
Gary K. Michelson
1994). "Outcome after laminectomy for lumbar spinal stenosis: Part I: Clinical correlations". Journal of Neurosurgery. 81.5 ( ... "Long-term follow-up review of patients who underwent laminectomy for lumbar stenosis: a prospective study". Journal of ...
Post-dural-puncture headache
"An epidural blood patch causing acute neurologic dysfunction necessitating a decompressive laminectomy". Regional Anesthesia ...
Bradshaw Lecture
1916 Charters James Symonds, Laminectomy in Gunshot Injuries of the Spinal Cord 1915 Sir Anthony Bowlby, Wounds in War 1914 Sir ... "The Bradshaw Lecture ON LAMINECTOMY IN GUNSHOT INJURIES OF THE SPINAL CORD". The Lancet. 189 (4873): 93-98. 1917. doi:10.1016/ ... S0140-6736(01)46770-5. Symonds, Charters (1917). The Bradshaw lecture on laminectomy in gunshot injuries of the spinal cord : ...
Microsurgical lumbar laminoplasty
In laminectomy, the paraspinal muscles are dissected off the spine bilaterally, that is on the left and right sides of the ... Laminectomy is an effective procedure for relieving pressure on spinal nerves, but during the procedure, many spinal ... The traditional technique for decompression of lumbar nerves is laminectomy, a surgical procedure developed in the early 1900s ... David A. Wong of the Denver Spine Center (Denver, CO). Minimally Invasive Unilateral Laminectomy for Bilateral Decompression ...
Spinal cord injury
In 1829 the surgeon Gilpin Smith performed a successful laminectomy that improved the patient's sensation. However, the idea ...
List of -ectomies
Laminectomy is the trimming or surgical removal of the lamina, portion of the spinal vertebrae. Laryngectomy is the surgical ...
Degenerative disc disease
Spinal laminectomy: A procedure for treating spinal stenosis by relieving pressure on the spinal cord. A part of the lamina is ...
Onchocerca lupi
The left unilateral laminectomy was performed and a small biopsy of the mass was taken. The biopsy showed a mature female worm ...
Brad Willis (journalist)
A fusion-laminectomy operation failed, left him deeply disabled and ended his career with NBC News. Several years later, Willis ...
Victor Horsley
He was the first physician to remove a spinal tumor, in 1887, by means of a laminectomy. He developed many practical ...