Laminectomy is a type of spinal decompression surgery where a surgeon removes the bony arch from one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae). This widens the space around your spine and can help ...

10% to 40% of patients experience "failed back surgery syndrome," in which the vertebrae do not fuse back together, the report said. "The times in which spinal fusion and laminectomy work for ...

one unnecessary spine surgery is performed every eight minutes. The most commonly performed unnecessary spine surgeries include laminectomy, fusion, and discectomy. In addition to exposing ...

We treat all diseases of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, including: We take pride in carefully evaluating our patients and helping them determine whether surgery is their best option. We also ...

There are two main approaches to surgery: the posterior approach, in which a portion of the posterior aspect of the spinal canal is removed in a procedure known as laminectomy, and the anterior ...

lumbar laminectomy, minimally invasive spine surgery, spinal motion preservation, and cervical and lumbar fusion procedures. His primary focus is spinal motion preservation operations, mainly ...

New Hampshire, Iowa, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania had the highest overuse rates of spinal fusion/laminectomy ... is often the bigger determinant [of surgery] compared to what the evidence ...