Lumbotomy

Lumbotomy is a surgical procedure performed to treat various diseases related to the spine. It involves cutting into the abdomen and removing part of the spinal cord to provide access to the spine and its structures.

Lumbotomy can be performed both on the anterior and posterior wall of the abdominal cavity.

Lumbotom and I (Latin lumbus lumbar + Greek tomē incision, dissection, incision) in modern medical practice is an abdominal surgical intervention, in which an incision is made in the lumbar region and one or both lumbar vertebrae are resected in case of their pathological changes. The term lumbar surgery (lombosurgery) is also used. The surgical operation is performed under general anesthesia or spinal anesthesia. The purpose of the intervention is to remove or reduce the size of the herniated intervertebral disc. Can be used as the first stage in complex surgical treatment of spinal canal stenosis.

Currently, lumbar curvature is often not isolated as an independent operation, but is included in other spinal operations, such as L4-L5 osteochonderosis, L5-S1 spinal fusion, L5 or L4/L5 discectomy. In this case, it is performed together with excision of the disc or treatment of the destroyed vertebral body. If necessary, the doctor decides to remove smaller parts of the vertebrae using rotary disks and cut out a larger part of the disc to clear the space of the operated bone. Lumbodynia, radiculopathy, narrowing of the lumbar canal