Laminectomies

I have two steel hips and a spine that has suffered no less than six laminectomies from war injury. ❋ Donald Sturrock (2010)

More than 333,000 of the simpler decompression operations - laminectomies and diskectomies that cut away part of a bone or disk to relieve nerve pressure ❋ Unknown (2010)

More than 333,000 of the simpler decompression operations -- laminectomies and diskectomies that cut away part of a bone or disk to relieve nerve pressure ❋ Unknown (2010)

More than 333,000 of the simpler decompression operations - laminectomies and diskectomies that cut away part of a bone or disk to relieve nerve pressure - were performed in 2007, the latest data compiled by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Procedures such as total knee replacements and laminectomies can be done on an outpatient basis for some patients. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 2008 in the US, more than two million people age 65 and older were diagnosed with spinal stenosis and more than 145,000 laminectomies were performed as treatment options. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some laminectomies are carried out as emergencies, perhaps for a problem causing rapid paralysis of the legs or arms. ❋ Unknown (2009)