The indications for microscopic discectomy include leg pain that is ... A small inferior partial laminectomy (and if necessary medial facetectomy) is performed using Kerrison or Cushing rongeurs ...

Dr. J. Alex Sielatycki, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon at (PMC) in Meeker, started performing surgeries using the ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD A pinched nerve in the lower back occurs when excessive pressure is applied to a ...

DALLAS, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, an important study exposed a shocking reality: one unnecessary spine surgery is performed every eight minutes in the United States on a Medicare ...

Postoperative care differs for microdiscectomy and decompressive laminectomy because the surgical pathology and interventions are different. The usual age variation of patients undergoing either ...

Although the cost of cervical disc replacement and anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery costs are similar ... interpretations with the self-reported questionnaire compared to specialists' ...

A standard approach for a dorsal laminectomy was made to the affected region and a mixture of blunt and sharp dissection conducted to expose the spinous processes, rib heads, laminae and articular ...

Currently, most endoscopic surgery is still reimbursed using the same standard microdiscectomy or laminectomy codes, but it does take extra effort, expertise, time and training that those codes don't ...

Common treatments for spine issues include discectomy, which removes a portion of a herniated disc pressing on a nerve; laminectomy, which alleviates pressure on the spinal cord or nerves caused ...