Encyclopedia: Laminotomy
A laminotomy is a neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the corresponding spinal cord and/or spinal nerve root. This was originally performed as a hemilaminectomy, consisting in the removal of either the left or right half of the lamina, but is now more commonly carried out as the removal of a portion of both sides of the lamina . Laminotomy...
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It's a herniated disk, was recommended both by different surgeons with a guess a micro-discectomy. ...
I had the laminectomy and they inserted a metal rod and screws. Did they tell you what the recovery time was on these surgeries? It does take a...
Asked by All Hail Hypnotoad! - 6 months ago
I'm only 18 years old and the youngest person my doc. has ever perforned this...
Be sure you hve had more than one surgical opinion. My advice is to have a neurosurgeon do the surgery. Be certain the surgeon uses a spinal monitoring system during...
Asked by *~*Lu*~* - 27 months ago
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