Medical term:
diskectomies
diskectomy
[dis-kek´to-me]excision of an intervertebral disk.
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diskectomy
Orthopedics Microsurgical laminotomy A technique that avoids vertebral exploration before disk surgery, reducing the risk of 'failed disk syndrome' as there is minimal excision of bone and epidural fat and minimal nerve root adhesion. See Laminectomy, Percutaneous diskectomy.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Diskectomy
The surgical removal of a portion of an intervertebral disk.
Mentioned in: Disk Removal
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