Flavectomy: Everything you need to know about this operation
A flavectomy is the surgical removal of the yellow ligament. This operation reduces the pressure exerted by a hypertrophied or dysfunctional ligamentum flavum in the spinal canal, and thus …
Hemipartial Laminectomy and Bilateral Flavectomy Technique …
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed spinal canal stenosis at the C3-4 level secondary to ligamentum flavum hypertrophy. Hemi-partial laminectomy at the C3 level, …
Semi-Circumferential Decompression: Total En-Bloc Ligamentum Flavectomy …
SCD is a method known as total “en-bloc” ligamentum flavectomy 12, 13). In this technique, a medial skin incision is created, and the supraspinous ligament is detached from the spinous …
[Flavectomy of cervical vertebrae in treating cervical spinal canal ...
Cervical flavectomy could relieve compression to spinal cord and nerves caused by the flaval ligament hypertrophy without damaging the normal integrality of bony canal, thus avoiding the …
Semi-Circumferential Decompression: Microsurgical Total
2015年7月4日 · SCD is a decompressive technique to perform a total en-bloc ligamentum flavectomy under a microscope that preserves the articular facet. We have observed and …
Hemipartial Laminectomy and Bilateral Flavectomy Technique …
2021年11月30日 · The aim of this procedure is to widen the spinal canal by using minimally invasive techniques to do hemipartial laminectomy and bilateral flavectomy in patients with …
Degenerative L4–L5 spondylolisthesis and stenosis surgery
2023年8月26日 · A total of 299 patients undergoing posterolateral arthrodesis (PLA) for L4–L5 degenerative spondylolisthesis were retrospectively analyzed with a 5-year follow-up. 148 …
Percutaneous Endoscopic Laminotomy with Flavectomy by …
2018年5月1日 · The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the clinical feasibility and safety of percutaneous endoscopic laminotomy with flavectomy by a uniportal, unilateral approach for …
Semi-Circumferential Decompression: Total En-Bloc Ligamentum Flavectomy …
2020年10月9日 · Thus, this study aimed to describe and assess the clinical outcomes of the semi-circumferential decompression (SCD) technique used for microsurgical en-bloc total …
Minimally Invasive Unilateral Laminectomy for Bilateral …
Angulation of the retractor is performed to undercut the spinous process to achieve access to the midline and contralateral ligamentum flavum. This is followed by a bilateral flavectomy from a …