Laminotomy removes some of the lamina. Laminectomy removes most or all of the lamina. The lamina can be removed at the same time as the diskectomy. Or, you might have it taken out in a separate ...

What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the canal in your spinal column that affects mostly people age 50 and older. Nothing can cure it, but there are ...

Spinal stenosis refers to narrowing of the spinal canal or tunnel that houses the neural elements (nerves) that travel along the spinal column. The narrowing can be central stenosis (referring to the ...