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Cervical discectomy
Cervical discectomy is surgery that removes a damaged disc in the neck to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots, most often combined with fusion (ACDF).
Cervical laminectomy
Cervical laminectomy is a posterior surgical procedure that removes the spinous process and lamina of cervical vertebrae to decompress the spinal cord and nerve roots in the neck.
Corpectomy
A corpectomy is a spine operation that removes one or more vertebral bodies to decompress the spinal cord, then reconstructs the segment with a graft or cage.
Decompression surgery
Decompression surgery is an operation that relieves pressure on spinal nerves or the spinal cord by removing bone, ligament, or disc material, used mainly for lumbar spinal stenosis and herniated discs.
Door laminoplasty
Door laminoplasty, or open-door laminoplasty, is a posterior cervical spine operation that hinges the laminae open on one side to enlarge the spinal canal and decompress the cord.
Endoscopic discectomy
Endoscopic discectomy is a minimally invasive spine operation that removes herniated disc material compressing a nerve root through a small endoscope, most often for lumbar disc herniation.
Facetectomy
Facetectomy is a spinal surgery that removes part or all of a facet joint, decompressing nerve roots or providing access to the disc space in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.
Foraminoplasty
Foraminoplasty is a surgical procedure that enlarges the intervertebral foramen by undercutting the superior articular process and ablating the foraminal ligament, a key step in the TESSYS technique.
Foraminotomy
Foraminotomy is a spinal decompression procedure that enlarges the neural foramen, the opening where a nerve root exits the spine, to relieve compression causing radiating pain, numbness, or weakness.
Hemilaminectomy
A hemilaminectomy is a spinal decompression procedure that removes bone on one side of a vertebral arch, used in dogs for disc extrusion and in humans for lumbar stenosis.
Interlaminar discectomy
Interlaminar discectomy is a spine operation removing herniated lumbar disc material through the natural gap between laminae, decompressing nerve roots to relieve sciatic leg pain.
Laminoplasty
Laminoplasty, or cervical laminoplasty, is a posterior cervical spine operation that hinges open the laminae to decompress the spinal cord without fusion, developed in Japan in the 1980s.
Laminotomy
A laminotomy is a spinal decompression operation removing part of one lamina to relieve pressure on the thecal sac or a nerve root, preserving more structure than laminectomy.
Lumbar discectomy
Lumbar discectomy is a surgical procedure that removes herniated disc material pressing on a nerve root in the lower spine, relieving the leg pain of sciatica.
Lumbar laminectomy
A lumbar laminectomy is a surgical procedure that removes the spinous process and lamina of a lower-spine vertebra to decompress nerves compressed by spinal stenosis.
Microdiscectomy
Microdiscectomy is a surgical procedure that removes herniated lumbar disc material pressing on spinal nerve roots, through a small incision with an operating microscope, to relieve leg pain.
Percutaneous Diskectomy
Percutaneous diskectomy (percutaneous nucleotomy, Diskectomy Percutaneous MeSH D017587): posterolateral, outside-the-canal removal of herniated disc material; first described by Hijikata 1975, automated by Onik 1985, done under local anesthesia.
Spinal decompression
Spinal decompression is a family of surgical procedures that relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots by removing bone, ligament, or disc material.
Transforaminal discectomy
Transforaminal discectomy, also called TELD or PTED, is a minimally invasive spine operation that removes herniated lumbar disc material through the neural foramen to relieve radicular leg pain.