Laminectomy

One of the alternatives to diskectomy include laminectomy (or more properly termed a laminotomy) in which a portion of the vertebral bone directly posterior to the site of herniation called the lamina is removed. This allows direct visualization of the herniated disc material and facilitates its removal with grasping instruments. Sometimes this may be the best alternative, as in situations described above, wherein the herniated or sequestered disc material is too close to the spinal nerves to risk going in with a "blind" needle.

Further Reading

Introduction
TENS (Transcutaneous Electrucal Nerve Stimulation)
Ice and Heat
Acupuncture
Trigger Point Point Injections
Epidural Steroid / Aneshetic Injections
Chemonucleolysis
Surgery
Percutaneous Diskectomy
Microdiskectomy
Laminectomy
Artificial Discs
Fusion

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