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What is a facetectomy?

What is a facetectomy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (surgery) The surgical decompression of a spinal nerve root.
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A cadaveric study on the stability of lumbar segment after partial laminotomy and facetectomy with intact posterior ligaments.
If necessary, a facetectomy or pediculectomy was also performed.
After discussion with the patient, he underwent an uneventful, left sided, L4-L5 microdiscectomy with partial medial facetectomy and laminotomy under loupe magnification.
Following a laminectomy and medial facetectomy, the device is affixed to the spine via four pedicle screws using a standard posterior surgical approach.
A 63-year-old female with a history of spondylolisthesis underwent L4-L5 diskectomy and facetectomy with cage placement for back and leg pain.

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