Medically reviewed by Eva Umoh Asomugha, M.D.A facetectomy is a spinal surgical procedure for people who experience moderate to severe pain as a result of an impinged (pinched) spinal nerve. The pain ...

Four iatrogenic models (unilateral laminectomy, unilateral laminectomy with unilateral facetectomy, unilateral laminectomy with bilateral facetectomy and total bilateral laminectomy) were ...