annulotomy

noun

annulotomy

noun

Etymology From annulus + -otomy.

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Medicine, Sciences, Surgery An incision between intervertebral discs to allow decompression

  • An annulotomy was created and subtotal discectomy was performed.2015 August 19, Chaoliang Lv et al., “Comparative effectiveness of two different interbody fusion methods for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: cage versus morselized impacted bone grafts”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:

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