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Effect of Laminectomy (Spinal Decompression) on Low Back Pain and Sciatica
A laminectomy, also called spinal decompression, is an open surgical procedure that involves removing a small portion of bone in the spine, called the lamina, in order to alleviate the pressure on spinal nerves that might cause a certain person's low back pain and/or sciatica. Along with bone, fragments of a ruptured disc may also be removed during surgery.
The surgeon makes an incision in the back, spreads the overlying muscles, and removes the lamina, which is the small part of the vertebral bone over the area where the nerve is being pinched. Once the bone is removed, the surgeon can see what is compressing the nerve and may remove the offending disc. The incision is closed with stitches or staples. Hopefully, this will cure the person's symptoms. Surgery as a treatment for low back pain and sciatica should only be considered after many other, less invasive, treatments have been tried and proven unsuccessful.
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This page neglects non-invasive spinal decompression like the DRX9000. Anyone have any experience with that machine or others like it?