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, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D007796
MeSH Number(s)	E02.718.563 E04.188.400 E04.525.450 E04.555.350
Concept/Terms	Laminectomy Laminectomy Laminectomies Laminotomy Laminotomy Laminotomies

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Laminectomy".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Therapeutics [E02]
Orthopedic Procedures [E02.718]
Laminectomy [E02.718.563]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Decompression, Surgical [E04.188]
Laminectomy [E04.188.400]
Neurosurgical Procedures [E04.525]
Laminectomy [E04.525.450]
Orthopedic Procedures [E04.555]
Laminectomy [E04.555.350]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2012	0	2	2
2013	2	0	2
2016	3	0	3
2018	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1

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Ghogawala Z, Terrin N, Dunbar MR, Breeze JL, Freund KM, Kanter AS, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Barker FG, Schwartz JS, Harrop JS, Magge SN, Heary RF, Fehlings MG, Albert TJ, Arnold PM, Riew KD, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Whitmore RG, Heller JG, Benzel EC. Effect of Ventral vs Dorsal Spinal Surgery on Patient-Reported Physical Functioning in Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2021 03 09; 325(10):942-951.

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Wagner PJ, DiPaola CP, Connolly PJ, Stauff MP. Controversies in the Management of Central Cord Syndrome: The State of the Art. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018 Apr 04; 100(7):618-626.

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Moses ZB, Friedman GN, Penn DL, Solomon IH, Chi JH. Intradural spinal arachnoid cyst resection: implications of duraplasty in a large case series. J Neurosurg Spine. 2018 05; 28(5):548-554.

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Paul AR, Kumar V, Roth S, Gooch MR, Pilitsis JG. Establishing Minimal Clinically Important Difference of Spinal Cord Stimulation Therapy in Post-Laminectomy Syndrome. Neurosurgery. 2017 Dec 01; 81(6):1011-1015.

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Ghogawala Z, Barker FG, Benzel EC. Fusion Surgery for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2016 08 11; 375(6):600-1.

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Ghogawala Z, Schwartz JS, Benzel EC, Magge SN, Coumans JV, Harrington JF, Gelbs JC, Whitmore RG, Butler WE, Barker FG. Increased Patient Enrollment to a Randomized Surgical Trial Through Equipoise Polling of an Expert Surgeon Panel. Ann Surg. 2016 07; 264(1):81-6.

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Ghogawala Z, Dziura J, Butler WE, Dai F, Terrin N, Magge SN, Coumans JV, Harrington JF, Amin-Hanjani S, Schwartz JS, Sonntag VK, Barker FG, Benzel EC. Laminectomy plus Fusion versus Laminectomy Alone for Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. N Engl J Med. 2016 Apr 14; 374(15):1424-34.

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Ghogawala Z. Commentary: Patient heterogeneity complicates efforts to compare effectiveness for anterior versus posterior surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Spine J. 2013 Jul; 13(7):732-3.

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Blumenthal C, Curran J, Benzel EC, Potter R, Magge SN, Harrington JF, Coumans JV, Ghogawala Z. Radiographic predictors of delayed instability following decompression without fusion for degenerative grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Apr; 18(4):340-6.

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Hans FJ, Geibprassert S, Krings T, Weis J, Deckert M, Ludolph A, Osieka R, Jost E. Solitary plasmacytoma presenting as an intramedullary mass of the cervical cord. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2013 Dec; 74 Suppl 1:e13-7.

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