This article covers a type of surgery called laminectomy. Learn about the different types, their purposes, the recovery time, and some potential complications.

Dec. 18, 2003 -- Skip laminectomy may be a better procedure than conventional laminoplasty, according to the results of a preliminary trial published in the Dec. 15 issue of Spine.

Lumbar spinal fusion plus laminectomy appears a better option than laminectomy alone in terms of quality of life for patients with degenerative grade I spondylolisthesis with lumbar spinal stenosis.