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Laminectomy

Known as: Surgical removal of a part of the vertebra, Laminectomies, spinal laminectomy 
A surgical procedure that entails removing all (laminectomy) or part (laminotomy) of selected vertebral lamina to relieve pressure on the SPINAL CORD… 
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AblationBone structure of spineEducational aspectsHead and neck structure

Broader (2)

ExcisionNeurosurgical Procedures

Narrower (2)

Laminotomylumbar laminectomy

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Review
2000
Review
2000
Current Surgical Management of Metastatic Spinal Disease
The authors have provided an excellent review of contemporary approaches to the treatment of spinal metastatic disease. With… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Experimental results on mechanisms of action of electrical neuromodulation in chronic urinary retention
Abstract Sacral foramen neuromodulation – initially applied for the treatment of urinary incontinence – has proved to be… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
The prevention of adhesions after laminectomy. Adverse results of Zenoderm implantations into laminectomy sites in rabbits.
Zenoderm (Ethicon Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland) is porcine skin dermis specially treated so as to be weakly antigenic when implanted… 
1986
1986
The Injudicious Laminectomy
This report is an attempt to point out a hazard of what would be otherwise competent treatment of acquired spinal stenosis… 
1978
1978
Chemonucleolysis vs laminectomy.
Three hundred and nine patients having herniated nucleus pulposus syndrome were treated by chemonucleolysis with chymopapain. We… 
1977
1977
Unilateral and bilateral partial laminectomy in lumbar disc prolapse. A follow-up study of 156 patients.
The results of two comparable groups of in all 156 operated patients with lumbar disc prolapse were evaluated 4-9 years… 
1973
1973
Surgical treatment for derangement of the lumbar spine.
1. Some of the more common and obvious clinical syndromes arising from mechanical and degenerative derangements of the lumbar… 
1971
1971
Extraosseous extradural tuberculous granuloma simulating a herniated lumbar disc. Case report.
✓ A 25-year-old man with left-sided sciatica, in whom the cerebrospinal fluid and x-ray films of the spine were normal, was… 
1967
1967
Radical surgical approach to spinal tuberculosis.
1. The results are recorded of radical excisional surgery for spinal tuberculosis in eighty-five patients. 2. Clinically… 
Review
1963
Review
1963
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: The Syndrome of the Narrow Canal Treated by Laminectomy, Foramenotomy, and the Removal of Osteophytes.
The neurological changes caused by spondylosis of the cervical spine have been well described in the last decade.1-13 In the past… 
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