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Laminectomy

Intervention: Laminectomy

Upper view of a human vertebra, showing the lamina
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ICD-9 code:	03.09
MeSH	D007796
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Laminectomy is a surgical procedure for treating spinal stenosis by relieving pressure on the spinal cord. The lamina of the vertebra is removed or trimmed to widen the spinal canal and create more space for the spinal nerves.

The first laminectomy was performed in 1887 by Dr. Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, a professor of surgery at the University College London. He was lauded for his breakthrough procedure.

A common type of laminectomy is performed to permit the removal or reshaping of a spinal disc as part of a lumbar discectomy. This is a treatment for a herniated disc, bulging or degenerated disc.

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v • d • e Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 01-05)
Skull, brain, and cerebral meninges	Craniotomy - Decompressive craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy
Spinal cord and spinal canal	Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy - Rhizotomy) - Intervertebral discs (Discectomy - Intervertebral disc annuloplasty - Intervertebral disc arthroplasty) - Vertebral bones (Laminotomy - Laminectomy - Laminoplasty - Corpectomy - Facetectomy - Foraminotomy - Vertebral fusion - Vertebral fixation) - Lumbar puncture
Cranial and peripheral nerves	Ganglionectomy - Nerve block
Sympathetic nerves or ganglia	Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
Other	Axotomy - Hypophysectomy - Vagotomy

Categories: Surgery | Orthopedic surgery

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