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Q: What procedure is the surgical removal of an intervertebral disk?
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What is diskectomy?

The surgical removal of a portion of an intervertebral disk


Who does diskectomy?

The surgical removal of a portion of an intervertebral disk


What is the medical term meaning surgical removal of an intervertebral disk?

Discectomy is the surgical removal of a disc.lamenectomyI believe it is Discetomy.Laminectomy


What is disk removal?

It is the removal of an intervertebral disk


What is intervertebral Disc Displacement Lumbar?

An intervertebral disk in which the nucleus pulposus has protruded through surrounding fibrocartilage. This occurs most frequently in the lower lumbar region. Alternative terms: Intervertebral Disk Displacement; Disk Displacement, Intervertebral; Disk Displacements, Intervertebral; Displacement, Intervertebral Disk; Displacements, Intervertebral Disk; Intervertebral Disk Displacements; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; Disc Displacement, Intervertebral; Disc Displacements, Intervertebral; Displacement, Intervertebral Disc; Displacements, Intervertebral Disc; Intervertebral Disc Displacements; Disk, Herniated; Disks, Herniated; Herniated Disk; Herniated Disks; Slipped Disk; Disk, Slipped; Disks, Slipped; Slipped Disks; Disk Prolapse; Disk Prolapses; Prolapse, Disk; Prolapses, Disk; Prolapsed Disk; Disk, Prolapsed; Disks, Prolapsed; Prolapsed Disks; Herniated Disc; Disc, Herniated; Discs, Herniated; Herniated Discs; Lumbar is referring to the lower back L1-L5


What is chemonucleolysis?

a medical procedure that involves the dissolving of the gelatinous cushioning material in an intervertebral disk by the injection of an enzyme such as chymopapain.


How do you use Intervertebral disk in a sentence?

The intervertebral disc has undergone compression.


What is the medical term meaning Surgical removal of part of the vertebral arch?

Laminectomy is the medical term meaning surgical removal of part of a vertebral arch.


What is it called when the central part of an intervertebral disk is forced through the outer covering?

herniated disk


A surgical procedure to core out a disk of skin for microscopic analysis is a?

It is called punch biopsy


What has the author Patricia J Luttgen written?

Patricia J. Luttgen has written: 'Canine intervertebral disk disease' -- subject(s): Anatomy, Diseases, Dogs, Hernia, Intervertebral disk


What has the author Horst Wenker written?

Horst Wenker has written: 'Lumbaler Bandscheibenvorfall und Lumboischialgie' -- subject(s): Diseases, Intervertebral Disk Displacement, Intervertebral disk, Lumbar vertebrae