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 ...

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

Dr. Sielatycki specializes in various spine surgeries at CAO, including cervical disc replacement, cervical laminoplasty, lumbar discectomy, lumbar laminectomy, minimally invasive spine surgery ...

The most commonly performed unnecessary spine surgeries include laminectomy, fusion, and discectomy. In addition to exposing unnecessary Medicare spine surgeries, it's important to remember that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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