Therefore, the purpose of this study is whether UBE decompression alone can bring good clinical results to young obese patients with lumbar degenerative diseases. Methods: The patients with lumbar ...

“The laminectomy alleviates those symptoms by cutting away some of the bone,” Dr. Farjoodi says. It’s a common procedure, but it is considered a major surgery because of the proximity to ...

Making dives deep into the ocean is a risky business, not least because of the risk of decompression sickness. In order to minimize this risk, divers must ascend slowly at the end of their expedition.

Decompressive craniectomy (DC) and subsequent cranioplasty (CP) remain cornerstone interventions in the management of life-threatening intracranial hypertension, particularly in cases of traumatic ...

Traditionally, the surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis consisted of decompressive laminectomy alone. In 1985, Lombardi and colleagues [7] reported the results of 47 ...

These include: the decompressive laminectomy; spinal fusion; lumbar microdiscectomy; anterior cervical discectomy; vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty. The real revolution in the field of ...

Another limitation of this study is the missing distinction of different types of decompression procedures used (e.g. complete facetectomy or complete laminectomy). The extent of laminectomy or ...