annulotomy

English

Etymology

From annulus +‎ -otomy.

Noun

annulotomy (plural annulotomies)

1. (surgery) An incision between intervertebral discs to allow decompression
   • 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^[1], volume 16, →DOI:

     An annulotomy was created and subtotal discectomy was performed.