A new concept of transforaminal ventral
facetectomy including simultaneous decompression of foraminal and lateral recess stenosis: Technical considerations in a fresh cadaver model and a literature review.
Roh, "Clinical and radiological outcomes of unilateral
facetectomy and interbody fusion using expandable cages for lumbosacral foraminal stenosis," Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, vol.
The miTLIF procedures were performed using a tubular retractor for total
facetectomy, diskectomy, and interbody fusion, followed by percutaneous instrumentation.
"Layla's case was more complicated and also required an osteotomy (the surgical removal of a part of bone),
facetectomy (where a part of the vertebral joint is removed to alleviate nerve compression) and spine correction to ease the extreme curvature in her spine," explained Dr Firas M.
A monosegmental or multisegmental laminectomy above and below the extent of the tumor was performed, completed with partial
facetectomy on tumor side in order to increase the view in only two cases.
Patellofemoral osteoarthritis treated by partial lateral
facetectomy: Results at long-term follow up.
One neuron was investigated per animal because of the irreversible nature of the [L.sub.5/6]
facetectomy surgical procedure.
According to published surgical series, conventional open posterior midline approaches have typically been used to treat extradural schwannomas, requiring a dorsal midline incision, wide-ranging bilateral disruption to the paraspinal muscles and ligaments (major contributors to the maintenance of proper spine biomechanics), extensive laminectomy (from one or two levels above and below the tumor), radical foraminotomy, and complete unilateral
facetectomy [7, 10, 13, 14].
The company's new minimally invasive
facetectomy removal instrument, iO-Tome, was cleared by the FDA in October last year, and Baxano plans to release it in the fourth quarter of 2013.