annulotomy

English

Etymology

annulus +‎ -otomy

Noun

annulotomy (plural annulotomies)

  1. (surgery) An incision between intervertebral discs to allow decompression
    • 2015 August 19, Chaoliang Lv et al., “Comparative effectiveness of two different interbody fusion methods for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: cage versus morselized impacted bone grafts”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders‎, volume 16, →DOI:
      An annulotomy was created and subtotal discectomy was performed.
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