Facetectomy

Facetectomy
Intervention
ICD-9-CM	84.8

Facetectomy is a surgical procedure which involves decompression of a spinal nerve root. For example, it can be performed in severely resistant cases of cervical rhizalgia, where the cervical nerve roots within the intervertebral foramina are decompressed.^[1]

References

^ Knight G (August 1955). "Facetectomy in the treatment of cervical rhizalgia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine 48 (8): 595–7. PMC 1919197. PMID 13254725. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1919197. Retrieved 2008-10-19.

Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical and other procedures (ICD-9-CM V3 01–05+89.1, ICD-10-PCS 00-01)

Skull

Craniotomy · Craniectomy (Decompressive craniectomy) · Cranioplasty

CNS

Brain	thalamus and globus pallidus: Thalamotomy · Thalamic stimulator · Pallidotomy ventricular system: Ventriculostomy · Suboccipital puncture · Intracranial pressure monitoring cerebrum: Psychosurgery (Lobotomy, Bilateral cingulotomy) · Hemispherectomy · Anterior temporal lobectomy pituitary: Hypophysectomy hippocampus: Amygdalohippocampectomy Brain biopsy

Cerebral meninges	Meningeal biopsy

Spinal cord and spinal canal	Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy, Rhizotomy) Vertebrae and intervertebral discs: see Template:Bone, cartilage, and joint procedures

Medical imaging	CT head · Cerebral angiography · Pneumoencephalography · Echoencephalography/Transcranial doppler · MRI of brain and brain stem · Brain PET · SPECT of brain · Myelography

Diagnostic	Electroencephalography · Lumbar puncture · Polysomnography

CPRs	Glasgow Coma Scale · Mini-mental state examination · NIH stroke scale · CHADS score

PNS

Cranial and peripheral nerves	Nerve block · Vagotomy

Sympathetic nerves or ganglia	Ganglionectomy · Sympathectomy (Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy)

Nerves (general)	Axotomy · Neurectomy · Nerve biopsy

Diagnostic	Nerve conduction study · Electromyography

Medical imaging	Magnetic resonance neurography

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

M: PNS

anat(h/r/t/c/b/l/s/a)/phys(r)/devp/prot/nttr/nttm/ntrp

noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)