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Laminectomy

A surgical procedure in which the posterior arch of a vertebra is removed.

Laminectomy is done to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or on the nerve roots that emerge from the spinal canal.

The procedure may be used to treat a slipped or herniated disk or to treat spinal stenosis

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