Facetectomy is a
surgical procedure
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
which involves
decompression of a
spinal nerve root Spinal nerve root may refer to:
* Posterior root of spinal nerve
* Anterior root of spinal nerve
In anatomy and neurology, the ventral root of spinal nerve, anterior root, or motor root is the efferent motor root of a spinal nerve.
At its dist ...
. For example, it can be performed in severely resistant cases of
cervical rhizalgia
In anatomy, cervical is an adjective that has two meanings:
# of or pertaining to any neck.
# of or pertaining to the female cervix: i.e., the ''neck'' of the uterus.
*Commonly used medical phrases involving the neck are
**cervical collar
**cerv ...
, where the cervical nerve roots within the
intervertebral foramina
The intervertebral foramen (also called neural foramen, and often abbreviated as IV foramen or IVF) is a :wikt:foramen, foramen between two spinal vertebrae. Cervical vertebrae, Cervical, thoracic vertebrae, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae all ...
are decompressed.
References
Neurosurgery
Surgical removal procedures
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