 Laminectomy
"Laminectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A surgical procedure that entails removing all (laminectomy) or part (laminotomy) of selected vertebral lamina to relieve pressure on the SPINAL CORD and/or SPINAL NERVE ROOTS. Vertebral lamina is the thin flattened posterior wall of vertebral arch that forms the vertebral foramen through which pass the spinal cord and nerve roots.
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D007796
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.450
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| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Laminectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Solano J, Winningham G, Al Zubeidi D, Myers A. A 5-Year-Old With Fever, Headache, Neck Stiffness, and Leg Pain. Pediatrics. 2016 11; 138(5).
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Akamnonu C, Cheriyan T, Goldstein JA, Lafage V, Errico TJ, Bendo JA. Unplanned hospital readmission after surgical treatment of common lumbar pathologies: rates and causes. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 Mar 15; 40(6):423-8.
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Kanaan SF, Waitman LR, Yeh HW, Arnold PM, Burton DC, Sharma NK. Structural equation model analysis of the length-of-hospital stay after lumbar spine surgery. Spine J. 2015 Apr 01; 15(4):612-21.
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Kanaan SF, Yeh HW, Waitman RL, Burton DC, Arnold PM, Sharma NK. Predicting discharge placement and health care needs after lumbar spine laminectomy. J Allied Health. 2014; 43(2):88-97.
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McAfee PC, Bohlman HH, Ducker TB, Zeidman SM, Goldstein JA. One-stage anterior cervical decompression and posterior stabilization. A study of one hundred patients with a minimum of two years of follow-up. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1995 Dec; 77(12):1791-800.
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