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Lumbar spinous process split decompression

Stabilization and/or fusion • 7m 2s

Lumbar spinous process split decompression
Shetty Ajoy Prasad MD
Ganga Hospital
Dept. of Orthopaedics and Spine Surgery
641 043 Coimbatore, India
Project 10-014/12

This video shows the technique of spinous process splitting in the sagittal plane and opening of the spinal canal from the midline by retaining the hemilamina to the corresponding side and then removing the thick ligamentum flavum and hypertrophic facet joint capsules.

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micro decompression surgery, lumbar spine, spinal canal stenosis, openoperatingtheatre, spine surgery, wirbelsäulenchirurgie, spinous process splitting, ligamentum flavum re, removal ligamentum flavum, hypertrophic facet joint capsules removal

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