Usually means: Surgical removal of facet joints.
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▸ noun:  (surgery) The surgical decompression of a spinal nerve root.

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fasciectomy, microdiscectomy, foraminotomy, laminotomy, phrenectomy, flocculectomy, fragmentectomy, corpectomy, fibulectomy, sympathectomy, more...

Types:
rhinoplasty, otoplasty, blepharoplasty, rhytidectomy, mentoplasty, genioplasty, more...

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Similar:
fasciectomy, microdiscectomy, foraminotomy, laminotomy, phrenectomy, flocculectomy, fragmentectomy, corpectomy, fibulectomy, sympathectomy, more...

Types:
rhinoplasty, otoplasty, blepharoplasty, rhytidectomy, mentoplasty, genioplasty, more...



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