Traditionally, the surgical management of degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis consisted of decompressive laminectomy alone. In 1985, Lombardi and colleagues [7] reported the results of 47 ...

Another limitation of this study is the missing distinction of different types of decompression procedures used (e.g. complete facetectomy or complete laminectomy). The extent of laminectomy or ...

“The laminectomy alleviates those symptoms by cutting away some of the bone,” Dr. Farjoodi says. It’s a common procedure, but it is considered a major surgery because of the proximity to ...