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Originally Posted by doccarolyn
Hi everyone,
my name is Carolyn and I am new to this forum, I have spinal stenosis at L4and L5- with severe degenerative disc disease. I am on pain meds, nerve meds, etc and my doctor at least one or saying the stenosis is getting worse and I need surgery- of course he is a surgeon- my concern has anyone had successful decompression and laminectomy - all I hear are horror stories and I'm terrified- I have a Ph.D in psychology, one would think I could deal with my own anxiety, but it is really hard- has anyone had successful lumbar surgeries- also is anyone from the Los Angeles area- would like to connect with someone in regards to doctors etc- I enjoy this forum,
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In this thread reference is made to laminectomy as the surgery for decompression but in my possibly wrong understanding laminectomy is not a techniquee largerly applied in these days.
Laminotomy seems to be the approach mostly use for spinal decompression these days. I have the same problem of Carolyn and I would appreciate some experience on laminotomy a much less damaging technique. Could anyone help me on this?