Sentences with phrase «dorsal laminectomy»

In this procedure, a caudal occipital craniectomy + / - dorsal laminectomy of C1 is performed to decompress the spinal cord and cerebellum at the level of the foramen magnum, aid the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and slow the progression of the syrinx.

Several common procedures you may hear about are: hemilaminectomy, pediculectomy, dorsal laminectomy, ventral slot, and fenestration.

Dorsal Laminectomy This is probably the most invasive of all the procedures and involves decompressing the spinal cord from the top rather than from the bottom.

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Adult Sprague - Dawley male rats (320 — 350 g; n = 6) were anesthetized with isoflurane (1.5 — 2 % maintenance; in room air), placed into a spinal unit apparatus (Stoelting, Wood Dale, IL, USA) and a partial Th12 — L1 laminectomy performed using a dental drill (exposing the dorsal surface of L2 — L5 segments).

Surgical treatment was a decompresive dorsal lumbosacral laminectomy.