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	Bones of the spine	Cauda equina
Spinal stenosis	Spine supporting structures

Spinal microdiskectomy; Microdecompression; Laminotomy; Disk removal; Spine surgery - diskectomy

Risks for any anesthesia are:

• Reactions to medications
• Breathing problems

Risks for any surgery include are:

• Bleeding
• Infection

Risks for this surgery are:

• Damage to the nerves that come out of the spine, causing weakness or pain that does not go away.
• Your back pain does not get better or comes back again later.
• Because of the small surgical cut used in a microdiskectomy, the doctor may miss some disk fragments. This could cause you to continue having pain after surgery.

Review Date: 05/25/2010
Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, and David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Dept of Orthopaedic Surgery (3/4/2009).

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