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Foraminotomy

Known as: Foraminotomies 
Surgical enlargement of the intervertebral foramina to relieve NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Surgical treatment and outcomes of cervical radiculopathy.
Review
2010
Review
2010
Complex regional pain syndrome associated with cervical disc protrusion and foraminotomy.
STUDY DESIGN Case report. OBJECTIVE To report a previously undescribed association between complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS… 
2001
2001
Interlaminar Discectomy and Selective Foraminotomy in Lumbar Disc Herniation
Our objective was to assess the clinical outcome of interlaminar discectomy in patients suffering with degenerated lumbar disc… 
1999
1999
The efficacy of using an image-guided Kerrison punch in performing an anterior cervical foraminotomy. An anatomic analysis.
STUDY DESIGN This study comprised two parts: first, a feasibility study to determine the efficacy of using an image-guided… 
1996
1996
Lumbosacral dumb-bell neurilemmoma approached by microsurgical interlaminar foraminotomy
Summary. The case history of a patient with a dumb-bell neurilemmoma arising from the L5 nerve root is described. The tumour… 
1994
1994
Extensive Anterior Decompression for Mixed Cervical Spondylosis: Resection of Uncovertebral Joints, Neural and Transverse Foraminotomy, Subtotal Corpectomy, and Fusion With Strut Graft
Study Design This study exmined a new operative procedure for treating mixed cervical spondylosis. Objectives to relate… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Vascular complications of lumbar decompression laminectomy and foraminotomy. A unique case and review of the literature.
The possibility of vascular injury should always be kept in mind during lumbar laminectomy. Patients with pre-existing vascular… 
1989
1989
Anterior discectomy, microscopic decompression, and fusion: a treatment for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.
A consecutive series of 47 patients with cervical radiculopathy secondary to spondylosis were treated with complete discectomy… 
1987
1987
Bilateral symptomatic intraspinal T12-L1 synovial cysts.
1976
1976
Degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with an intact neural arch (pseudospondylolisthesis).
Twenty patients treated for degenerative spondylolisthesis with an intact neural arch principally at the L4-5 interspace had… 
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