Can Laminectomy Be Performed on an Outpatient Basis? Laminectomy can be performed on an outpatient basis, offering benefits such as shorter hospital stays and faster outpatient recovery. Evidence ...

All patients were followed up for 5 years or until death. Results Revision rate within 3 months of the index surgery was significantly higher in patients who underwent discectomy (2.75%) than in those ...

When a patient’s own bone is used for grafting, the pieces are typically crafted from the bone components that were removed previously (local bone graft). Bone grafts are placed along the prepared ...

Patients with post-laminectomy syndrome may also complain of neurologic symptoms radiating to areas distant from the spine – most often the arms or legs. Neurologic pain can reproduce any normal ...

Medicare coverage includes common types of back surgeries like discectomy, laminectomy, and spinal fusion, but patients should confirm with their doctor that their specific procedure is covered.

Robot-assisted decompressive laminectomy is a new strategy in clinical applications. However, a stable contact force between the bone-cutting device and lamina is needed to keep it working correctly, ...

The procedure, which is formally referred to as an endoscopic laminectomy, allows surgeons to remove part of the patient's spine in order to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerves.

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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 ...

More than 200,000 Medicare patients with back pain underwent $2 billion worth of unnecessary surgeries, including spinal fusion and/or laminectomy or vertebroplasty, over a recent 3-year period ...

Methods: This is a retrospective study of patients age >50 years old who underwent spinal laminectomy for non-congenital spinal stenosis or spondyloarthropathy. LF tissue samples obtained during ...