Excision, in part or whole, of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC. The most common indication is disk displacement or herniation. In addition to standard surgical removal, it can be performed by percutaneous diskectomy (DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS) or by laparoscopic diskectomy, the former being the more common.

Annotation

DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS is also available

k dispozici je i PERKUTÁNNÍ DISKEKTOMIE

DUI

D017586 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0026651

Previous indexing

Intervertebral Disk Displacement/surgery (1968-1993); Intervertebral Disk/surgery (1966-1993)

History note

94

Public note

94