====== 1828 ======
[[1827]]-[[1829]]

The first successful [[laminectomy]] was performed by Smith 
((Smith AG. Account of a case in which portions of three [[dorsal]] [[vertebra]]e were removed for the relief of [[paralysis]] from [[fracture]], with partial success. N Am Med Surg J. 1829;8:94–7. ))
in [[1828]] in the [[United States]]