An accomplished spine surgeon, Dr. Jamie Gottlieb is the head of a team of surgeons at the i-Spine institute in Denton, TX. At the institute, Dr. Jamie Gottlieb and his team perform laminectomies, procedures that remove part of the bone from a vertebra to lower the pressure on the nerves and the spinal cord in lower sections of the spine.
Depending on the severity, a laminectomy may be performed on a single vertebra or multiple vertebrae. Patients with herniated discs and spinal stenosis commonly undergo this procedure.
In the procedure, often used as a last resort, surgeons remove the lamina, or plate, that interferes with the nerve roots. After that, surgeons clear any residual bone fragments that may be pressuring the nerve roots. Finally, surgeons examine the roots to see if they are still pinched.
Typically, patients stay in the hospital for one or two days, though i-Spine Institute also performs laminectomy as an outpatient procedure.
Dr. Jamie Gottlieb 