My Spine - Lumbar
Images used with permission from Medtronic
Figure 19.3
These drawings demonstrates a less invasive laminotomy. In this procedure,
the amount of bone removed is much less and a window is created in the lam-
ina through which the specialist can gain access and decompress the nerves
of the spinal canal. This procedure allows the spine to remain much more sta-
ble, than when a full laminectomy is performed, since the spinous processes
and their associated ligaments remain intact.
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