Laminectomy is surgery to remove the lamina, two small bones that make up a vertebra, or bone spurs in your back. The procedure can take pressure off your spinal nerves or spinal column.
Alternative NamesLumbar decompression; Decompressive laminectomy; Spine surgery - laminectomy
DescriptionLaminectomy opens up your spinal canal so your spinal nerves have more room. It is usually done along with a diskectomy, foraminotomy, and spinal fusion. You will be asleep and feel no pain (general anesthesia).
Laminectomy is often done to treat spinal stenosis. The procedure removes bones and damaged disks, and makes more room for your spinal nerve and column.
Your symptoms may be:
You and your doctor can decide when you need to have surgery for these symptoms. Spinal stenosis symptoms often become worse over time, but this may happen very slowly.
When your symptoms become more severe and interfere with your daily life or your job, surgery may help.
You will have an MRI before surgery that shows you have spinal stenosis.
RisksRisks for any surgery are:
Risks for spine surgery are:
If you have spinal fusion, your spinal column above and below the fusion is more likely to give you problems in the future.
Before the ProcedureAlways tell your doctor or nurse what drugs you are taking, even drugs or herbs you bought without a prescription.
During the days before the surgery:
On the day of the surgery:
Your doctor or nurse will ask you to get up and walk around as soon as your anesthesia wears off, if you did not also have spinal fusion. Most patients go home 1 to 3 days after their surgery.
Outlook (Prognosis)Laminectomy for spinal stenosis will often provide full or partial relief of symptoms
Future spine problems are possible for all patients after spine surgery. If you had spinal fusion and laminectomy, the spinal column above and below the fusion are more likely to have problems in the future. If you needed more than one kind of back surgery (such as laminectomy and spinal fusion), you may have more of a chance of future problems
ReferencesCurlee PM. Other disorders of the spine. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 41.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, et al. Surgical versus nonsurgical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2008;358:794-810.
Laminectomy is surgery to remove the lamina, part of the bone that makes up a vertebra, or bone spurs in your back. The procedure can take pressure off your spinal nerves or spinal canal.
Alternative NamesLumbar decompression; Decompressive laminectomy; Spine surgery - laminectomy
DescriptionLaminectomy opens up your spinal canal so your spinal nerves have more room. It may be done along with a diskectomy, foraminotomy, and spinal fusion. You will be asleep and feel no pain (general anesthesia).
Laminectomy is often done to treat spinal stenosis. The procedure removes bones and damaged disks, and makes more room for your spinal nerve and column.
Your symptoms may be:
You and your doctor can decide when you need to have surgery for these symptoms. Spinal stenosis symptoms often become worse over time, but this may happen very slowly.
When your symptoms become more severe and interfere with your daily life or your job, surgery may help.
RisksRisks for any surgery are:
Risks for spine surgery are:
If you have spinal fusion, your spinal column above and below the fusion is more likely to give you problems in the future.
Before the ProcedureYou will have an MRI before the procedure to confirm that you have spinal stenosis.
Always tell your doctor or nurse what drugs you are taking, those you bought without a prescription.
During the days before the surgery:
On the day of the surgery:
Your doctor or nurse will ask you to get up and walk around as soon as your anesthesia wears off, if you did not also have spinal fusion. Most patients go home 1 to 3 days after their surgery.
Outlook (Prognosis)Laminectomy for spinal stenosis will often provide full or partial relief of symptoms
Future spine problems are possible for all patients after spine surgery. If you had spinal fusion and laminectomy, the spinal column above and below the fusion are more likely to have problems in the future. If you needed more than one kind of back surgery (such as laminectomy and spinal fusion), you may have more of a chance of future problems
ReferencesCurlee PM. Other disorders of the spine. In: Canale ST, Beatty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 41.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, et al. Surgical versus nonsurgical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis. N Engl J Med. 2008;358:794-810.
Weinstein JN, Tosteson TD, Lurie JD, et al. Surgical versus nonoperative treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis four-year results of the Spine Patient Outcomes Research Trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Jun 15;35(14):1329-38.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 12/20/2010
C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A laminectomy for relief of pain in the lower back is called a lumbar laminectomy or an open decompression.
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The mortality rate for a lumbar laminectomy is between 0.8% and 1%.
Laminectomy is the medical term meaning surgical removal of part of a vertebral arch.
A laminectomy is performed with the patient under general anesthesia, usually positioned lying on the side or stomach.
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Laminectomy may be performed when an abnormality causes spinal nerve root compression that causes leg or arm pain that limits activity.
I can't say exactly, but I had a Discectomy and Laminectomy. I was in hospital for 2 days, one night. The costs were just over $35,000. That does not include pre-op visits, blood work, MRI, etc.In the UK a laminectomy be could performed by the NHS in which case it will not cost you any money. However, such an operation will have very long waiting lists. If you were to pay for a laminectomy privately it would cost a substantial amount of money. but if your vertebrae damage came from an accident you could claim the cost of the laminectomy as well as other expenses from the party considered at fault. See the link entitled "back injury claims" to see the amounts of compensation you can claim for the pain and suffering for injuries to your spine including a laminectomy.