Thoracic Laminectomy is a kind of laminectomy surgery about the thoracic spine or middle spine. Similar to other kinds of laminectomy, thoracic laminectomy includes removing the bone that forms the spine to diminish the pressure on nerves in the spinal cord. The majority of the health circumstances needed thoracic laminectomy are resulting from back pain. Hence, physicians can easily find them before their effect turn out to be severe. After the surgery, remarkable back pain relief is felt by almost all patients.
Candidates of Thoracic Laminectomy may have health circumstances such as;
• Thoracic spine stenosis – spinal stenosis is an age-linked circumstance in which joints and discs go through deformation and place intensifying pressure on the thoracic spine. Consequently, some common symptoms of spinal stenosis like thoracic back pain and motoric problems can be seen.
• Spinal tumors and cancers in the thoracic spine may be a reason to undergo thoracic laminectomy to reach the tumorous spot.
As thoracic laminectomy surgery can give a remarkable back pain relief, it is considered cautiously afterward other back pain medicines and exercises because of the important risks it brings.
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This content is written and reviewed by our medical content team in August, 2019.