Which surgical procedure is used to relieve pressure on a spinal nerve?
A) neurorrhaphy
B) tractotomy
C) neuroplasty
D) laminectomy
D) laminectomy
Correct. A laminectomy removes part of a vertebra to relieve pressure on a spinal
nerve. Neurorrhaphy is suture of a nerve. Tractotomy is precision cutting of a nerve tract in the
spinal cord. Neuroplasty is surgical repair of a nerve.
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