Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon removes the bony arch from one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae). This widens the space around your spine and can help ...

Neuman reported 22.4% (13 of 58) of patients who underwent a posterior lumbar fusion with multilevel laminectomy developed ASD. There was a 5.2% (3 of 58) reoperation rate.

Shiraishi T, Yato Y, Fukuda K, et al. Skip laminectomy — minimally invasive multilevel decompression of the cervical spine. #16. Presented at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Spine Society of Europe.

Some other forms of decompressive spinal surgery include laminotomy and discectomy. Laminotomy is similar to laminectomy. However, during laminotomy, a surgeon removes just a small part of the lamina.

Adding spinal fusion to decompression laminectomy did not improve outcomes for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis, even if they also had degenerative spondylolisthesis.

Doctors can use two procedures to perform surgical spinal decompression, also called spinal decompression. Surgeons can use microdiscectomy or laminectomy. Both procedures remove pressure from the ...

Another limitation of this study is the missing distinction of different types of decompression procedures used (e.g. complete facetectomy or complete laminectomy).

The hypothesis tested by the Spinal Laminectomy versus Instrumented Pedicle Screw (SLIP) trial was that lumbar laminectomy with instrumented (rigid pedicle screws affixed to titanium alloy rods ...

The following are common decompressive procedures and CPT codes used to report them: Laminectomy: 63001–63017, 63045–63048 ...

Eighty-four patients who met these criteria underwent decompressive laminectomy with total or partial tumour removal. The study analyzed motor function, pain relief and continence in a 2- and 4 ...