Laminectomy

Laminectomy is a surgical procedure for treating spinal stenosis by relieving pressure on the spinal cord. The lamina of the vertebra is removed or trimmed to widen the spinal canal and create more space for the spinal nerves.The first laminectomy was performed in 1887 by Dr. Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, a professor of surgery at the University College London. He was lauded for his breakthrough procedure. A common type of laminectomy is performed to permit the removal or reshaping of a spinal disc as part of a lumbar discectomy. This is a treatment for a herniated disc, bulging or degenerated disc. (From the Wikpedia article Laminectomy.)

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Recent Publications on Laminectomy:
Intravenous paracetamol improves the quality of postoperative analgesia but does not decrease narcotic requirements. Paracetamol, a centrally acting inhibitor of cyclooxygenase, has less...	27th June, 2008	Department of Anesthesiology, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and	J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2008 Jul;20(3):169-73. DOI Direct Link
[Treatment of multi-segmental lumbar disc herniation and spinal canal stenosis] OBJECTIVE: To explore the treatment of multi-segmental lumbar disc...	26th June, 2008	Department of Orthopedics, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical College,	Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2008 Apr;22(4):404-7.
Elevation of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in patients experiencing neurocognitive decline following carotid endarterectomy. Background. Previous studies have demonstrated that elevated pre-operative...	25th June, 2008	Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center,	Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008 Jun 23;. DOI Direct Link
[Primary cervical epidural low-grade non-hodgkin's lymphoma: A case report and review of the literature.] Primary epidural cervical non-hodgkin's low-grade lymphomas is...	21st June, 2008	Radiotherapie, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, route Majida-Bouleila, Sfax 3029,	Cancer Radiother. 2008 Jun 17;. DOI Direct Link
SB203580, a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor, fails to improve functional outcome following a moderate spinal cord injury in rat. We examined the spatial and temporal expression patterns of active p38...	20th June, 2008	International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, ICORD, University of	Neuroscience. 2008 May 17;. DOI Direct Link
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Laminectomy Clinical Trials:
Effects of X-STOP® Versus Laminectomy Study	Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Post-Operative Epidural Analgesia After Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression and Fusion	Low Back Pain
Analgetic and Anxiolytic Effect of Preoperative Pregabalin	Intervertebral Disk Displacement;   Disk Prolapse
Surgical Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
The CSM Trial: A Multicenter Study Comparing Ventral to Dorsal Surgery for Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy	Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy
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Laminectomy Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7244748	Pyridines for treating injured mammalian nerve tissue
7273468	Steerable fiberoptic epidural balloon catheter and scope
7276063	Instrument for electrosurgical tissue treatment
7276532	Remedies for vesical hyperactivity
7279332	Method of isolating ependymal neural stem cells
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