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The use of a nerve decompression or neurectomy to treat nerve pain along the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a firmly established surgical treatment. [24] [25] However, the more effective treatment between a decompression and neurectomy is still being researched.
Nerve decompressions are still a relatively new surgery, however a picture emerges from looking at the outcomes of some of the most studied nerve decompressions: carpal tunnel release, sciatic nerve decompression, and migraine surgery. Even within these commonly performed surgeries, the measurement of outcomes is not always standardized.
Nerve decompressions aim to surgically access and explore some segment of nerve, removing any tissue that may be causing compression. In this way a nerve decompression can directly address the underlying cause of entrapment. A nerve decompression can either be done by open surgery or laparoscopic surgery.
Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system. [1]
Surgery involves a nerve decompression with or without muscle resection. [5] The surgery can be performed with external incisions (open surgery) or endoscopically. Endoscopy allows for complete sciatic nerve visualization and access for decompression in the extrapelvic gluteal space. [ 1 ]
Presacral neurectomy is offered to patients for whom medical therapy for chronic pain relief has failed. The efficacy of the procedure is around 75-80%. Less than 1% of all patients have major complications following the surgery. [3]
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In medicine, decompression refers to the removal or repositioning of any structure compressing any other structure. [citation needed]Common examples include decompressive craniectomy (removal of part of the skull to relieve pressure on the brain), a spinal decompression to relieve pressure on nerve roots, and a nerve decompression for peripheral nerve entrapments.