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Lumbar discectomy is a type of surgery to fix a bulging disk in the lower back. This surgery uses smaller cuts (incisions) than an open lumbar discectomy. Your backbone, or spinal column, is made up of a chain of bones called the vertebrae. Your spinal cord runs through the spinal column.
A diskectomy (discectomy) is surgery to remove part or all of an intervertebral disk in your spine. It’s for herniated disks that don’t respond to other treatments.
Diskectomy is surgery to remove the damaged part of a disk in the spine. A diskectomy can relieve the pressure caused by a herniated disk. A herniated disk happens when the soft center of a disk pushes out through the tough outer lining.
Discectomy is the most common surgery used for herniated disc in the lumbar region. In this procedure, the portion of the disc that is causing the pressure on your nerve root is removed. In some...
Different types of back surgery include: Diskectomy. This surgery removes the damaged part of a disk in the spine. A diskectomy can relieve the pressure caused by a herniated disk. Laminectomy. This surgery removes the back part of a spinal bone to make more room for the spinal cord and nerves. Fusion.
Diskectomy is the surgical removal of the damaged portion of a herniated disk in the spine. A herniated disk occurs when some of the softer material inside the disk pushes out through a crack in the tougher outside of the disk.
Diskectomy. During this surgery, your surgeon removes your damaged disk to relieve pressure on your nerves. They can perform the surgery in a couple of ways: An open diskectomy is done with a cut...
A lumbar discectomy is removal of a disc in the lower back, or lumbar spine. The spine has 26 vertebrae. The lumbar spine has five of them: L1–L5. Other areas where surgeons perform discectomy include the neck and the middle part of the back. The removal of a disc in the neck area, or cervical spine, is called a cervical discectomy.
A discectomy is a form of spinal decompression surgery to treat a herniated disc (sometimes called a "slipped disc"). A herniated disc occurs when a piece of a spinal disc bulges or ruptures and slips out of place, which can put pressure on a spinal nerve.
Microdiscectomy is a surgical procedure for the relief of pain and other symptoms that occur when a herniated disc in the spine presses on an adjacent nerve root. During the operation, the surgeon frees the nerve by removing small fragments of disc, bone and ligament.