A foraminotomy is surgery to widen nerve openings in the spine to relieve pain and pressure. Read about the procedure, recovery, outlook, and risks.

Either an open or a minimally invasive approach to posterior cervical foraminotomy can effectively manage symptomatic cervical radiculopathy from foraminal stenosis, according to results of a ...

With comparable outcomes at 2 years, posterior cervical foraminotomy may be an effective alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for patients with cervical radiculopathy, according ...

Previous results from the randomized Foraminotomy ACDF Cost-Effectiveness Trial (FACET) reported that posterior surgery was noninferior to anterior surgery at one-year follow-up.

The Foraminotomy procedure completely alleviated the nerve pain that had forced Wolfe to miss two games in 2016 and the final five games in 2017. “I can turn my head like an owl,’’ Wolfe ...

CPT 63030, Laminotomy (hemilaminectomy), with decompression of nerve root(s), including partial facetectomy, foraminotomy and/or excision of herniated intervertebral disk; one interspace, lumbar ...