What Does Hemilaminectomy Mean?
A Laminotomy Is an Orthopaedic Neurosurgical Procedure That Removes Part of the Lamina of a Vertebral Arch in Order to Relieve Pressure in the Vertebral Canal...
A laminotomy is an orthopaedic neurosurgical procedure that removes part of the lamina of a vertebral arch in order to relieve pressure in the vertebral canal.
What is Hemilaminotomy?
A hemilaminotomy is a procedure during which the neurosurgeon removes the lamina only on one side of the spinal canal, the side that requires decompression.
How is a hemilaminectomy performed?
A Hemilaminectomy, also called Laminotomy, is a spine surgery that involves removing a part of one or both laminae on a vertebra by enlarging the spinal canal to relieve pressure from compressed nerves of the spinal cord.