Traditionally, the surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis consisted of decompressive laminectomy alone. In 1985, Lombardi and colleagues [7] reported the results of 47 ...

India is emerging as a leader in robotic spine surgery, with surgeons developing advanced techniques that combine precision, ...

(Find an HSS Spine surgeon who performs lumbar laminectomies.) A laminectomy involves removal of both lamina of a spinal vertebra to provide a wider decompression of the spinal canal. A laminotomy, on ...

This content was created by our physicians and experts. Decompression neck surgery for patients with spinal stenosis A cervical laminectomy removes small bony structures (the spinous process and ...

They performed emergency surgery, decompressive laminectomy, on my spine to remove the tumor. On February 19, 2013 the doctor performed a bone marrow biopsy which discovered that I had multiple ...

An MRI of the lumbosacral spine revealed an extensive lumbar epidural hematoma (Figure). The patient underwent decompressive laminectomy of T12-L1. Sagittal and axial sequence. Epidural hematoma T5-T6 ...

The patient was referred to neurosurgery for consideration of decompressive laminectomy. However, the intervention was not performed due to stability of symptoms. The diagnosis of hypertrophic CIDP ...

For Meniere disease (MD) patients with migraine, endolymphatic sac decompression (ELSD) is effective, providing postoperative relief of vertigo and migraine, according to a study published online ...

Once a patient returns to the neurological intensive care unit (NICU) after surgery, nursing care is aimed at preventing increased ICP and providing supportive care. In the intensive care unit ...

Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends—the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who surface too quickly.