Laminectomy Instruments

Conventional spine surgery requires a long incision and a lengthy recovery period. Minimally invasive surgery, also known as "keyhole" surgery, uses a thin, telescope-like instrument known as an endoscope, which is inserted through small incisions. The endoscope is connected to a tiny video camera - which projects an "inside" view of the patient's body onto television screens in the operating room. Small surgical instruments may then be passed through one or more additional half-inch incisions. Following the procedure, the small incisions are closed with sutures and covered with surgical tape. After a few months, they are barely visible.
The aim of the surgery is to remove the compression exerted by the disc on the nerve. It consists of removing the fragment of the herniated nucleus. The use of Endoscopic technique has made possible to carry out the same big surgery regularly with a very small incision.