=====Hemilaminectomy=====

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removal of either the left or right half of the lamina.

Posterior midline [[laminectomy]] is associated with risks of postoperative instability, [[spinal deformity]], extensive bilateral subperiosteal muscle stripping, partial or total [[facetectomy]] especially in foraminal tumor extension, increased [[cerebrospinal fluid leakage]], and [[wound infection]]. Minimally invasive approaches with the help of a microscope or endoscope using [[hemilaminectomy]] have been found to be safe and effective
((Parihar VS, Yadav N, Yadav YR, Ratre S, Bajaj J, Kher Y. Endoscopic Management
of Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Tumors. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg.
2016 Dec 12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27951615.
)). 

see [[lumbar hemilaminectomy]].