Surgical decompression by means of laminectomy or other approaches may be undertaken within 6, 24 or 48 hours of symptoms developing if a compressive lesion, e . g ., ruptured disc, epidural abscess, tumour or haematoma is demonstrated.
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An L1 laminectomy is then performed : a section of the spine's bone, the spinous processes together with a portion of the lamina, are removed, like a drain-cap, to expose the spinal cord and spinal nerves underneath.
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The treatments of post-laminectomy syndrome include physical therapy, low force specific chiropractic care, Microcurrent electrical neuromuscular stimulator, minor nerve blocks, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory ( NSAID ) medications, membrane stabilizers, antidepressants, spinal cord stimulation, and intrathecal morphine pump.
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Despite the fact that "'microsurgical lumbar laminoplasty "'is an effective and less-invasive method for decompressing spinal nerves compared to traditional laminectomy, few surgeons have adopted it because the technique is more time consuming and requires specialized training and equipment ( operating microscope ).
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That L1-laminectomy modification has since become the standard method, and SLCH has become internationally known as a major provider of the SDR surgery to those in need of it; for example, it is one of the first Google search results when inputting the word string " selective dorsal rhizotomy ".
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All forms of spinal cord stimulation have been shown to have varying degrees of efficacy to address a variety of pharmacoresistant neuropathic or mixed ( neuropathic and noiciceptive ) pain syndromes such as post-laminectomy syndrome, low back pain, complex regional pain syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease and angina.
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Even though the complications of laminectomy for disc herniation can be significant, a recent series of studies involving thousands of patients published under auspices of Dartmouth Medical School concluded at four-year follow-up that those who underwent surgery for a lumbar disc herniation achieved greater improvement than nonoperatively treated patients in all primary and secondary outcomes except work status.
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Its chief neurosurgeon in the field, Doctor T . S . Park ( who was initially trained by Dr . Peacock ), has performed thousands of SDR surgeries, some of them on adults, and is the originator of the L1-laminectomy modification to the SDR surgery in 1991, which sections the first dorsal root and enables the removal of significantly less spine-bone than in surgeries performed before 1991, as well as inherent release of the hip flexor muscles specifically as a result of that particular sectioning prior to that, total hip flexor release was not necessarily possible.
