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Laminectomy - procedure, recovery, test, blood, tube ...

In most cases a laminectomy is an elective procedure rather than emergency surgery . A laminectomy for relief of pain in the lower back is called a lumbar laminectomy or an open decompression. Purpose Structure of the spine In order to understand why removal of a piece of bone from the arch of a vertebra relieves pain, it is helpful to have a ...