Care guide for Laminectomy. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.
Carpal tunnel syndrome, a common hand condition where the nerve in the carpal tunnel of the wrist is compressed. Spina bifida, a condition present at birth where the neural tube in the spine and the backbone don't form correctly, causing damage to the nerves and spinal cord. Essential tremor...
A cervical laminectomy isperformed under general anesthesia. An incision is made down the middle of the back of the neck to allow the surgeon to access the back of the cervical spine. The surgeon then removes the lamina. Removing the lamina relieves the pressure on the spinal cord. Is a la...
A cervical laminectomy is one of several possible surgical operations that are performed on the cervical vertebrae. During a...
to anesthesia, speech or swallowing difficulties, and cerebral spinal fluid leakage. Sometimes, patients may find that the surgery does little or nothing to help improve symptoms. Each case is unique, and patients should carefully consider possible risks before undergoing a cervical laminectomy. ...
As the debate regarding laminectomy or laminectomy and fusion remains undecided from a clinical standpoint, the cost of the adding an instrumented fusion to laminectomy may influence which procedure is favored over the long term for this disease process. In this chapter, we discuss randomized ...
What is foramen magnum decompression? Foramen magnum decompression involvesremoving a small part of the base of the skull and sometimes parts of the top of the spine to take the pressure off the cerebellum. Before the surgery, your surgeon will take a look at your medical history and walk you...
A bulging disk is a condition related to the spine, usually the lumbar, or lower back, that occurs when a disk bulges through a crevice in the spine. Disks are the soft, gelatinous material that cushions the vertebrae of the spine. A bulging disk occurs when the disk shifts out of ...
Spondylosis deformansrefers to the growth of bone spurs (osteophytes) or bony bridges around a degenerating intervertebral disc in the spine. Spinal stenosisis the narrowing of the spinal canal. This narrowing of the spinal canal limits the amount of space for the spinal cordand nerves. Pressure...
Documenting the full extent of OPLL with both MR and CT dictates whether anterior, posterior, or circumferential surgery is warranted. An adequate cervical lordosis allows for posterior cervical approaches (e.g. lamionplasty, laminectomy/fusion), which may facilitate addressing multiple levels...