The techniques vary according to which tissues are causing the compression. For example, laminoplasty involves the reshaping of part of a vertebral lamina, a laminotomy the making of a small hole the ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the world and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. Arthritis of the spine refers to inflammation in joints ...

‌Your spine is made up of 33 vertebrae. Each one has openings that let nerves from your spinal cord pass through to other parts of the body. When these openings, called neural foramina, get ...

If symptoms worsen, surgery is often recommended. The traditional surgical treatment for a herniated disc is a combination of laminotomy and either a discectomy, microdiscectomy, or endoscopic ...

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 ...

We present a literature review of the diagnosis and treatment of acquired lumbar spinal stenosis (LS), with a brief description of new surgical techniques. LS is the most common cause of spinal ...

1 Neurosurgery Department, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China. 2 Medprin Regenerative Medical Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China. 3 Clinical Immunology Translational Medicine Key ...

Introduction: The unilateral biportal endoscopic (UBE) technique has been widely adopted for treatment of lumbar disc herniation and lumbar spinal stenosis. Understanding its learning curve, as well ...

Lin et al. (23) reported nine surgical complications among 127 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis treated with unilateral laminotomy under endoscopy, including five cases of dural tears and four ...

Middle back pain can have several causes, including impact trauma, arthritis, herniated discs, muscle strains, scoliosis, poor posture, and more. Depending on the cause, medical treatments, home ...

A telltale sign of sciatica is pain that radiates from the lower back down one leg. (Getty Images) ...