Corpectomy

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A corpectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing part of the vertebral body (Latin: corpus vertebrae, hence the name corpectomy), usually as a way to decompress the spinal cord and nerves. Corpectomy is often performed in association with some form of discectomy.

v • d • e Surgery, Nervous system: neurosurgical procedures
Skull, brain, and cerebral meninges	Craniotomy - Decompressive craniectomy - Lobotomy - Hemispherectomy - Ventriculostomy - Anterior temporal lobectomy
Spinal cord and spinal canal	Spinal cord and roots (Cordotomy - Rhizotomy) - Intervertebral discs (Discectomy - Intervertebral disc annuloplasty - Intervertebral disc arthroplasty) - Vertebral bones (Laminotomy - Laminectomy - Laminoplasty - Corpectomy - Facetectomy - Foraminotomy - Vertebral fusion - Vertebral fixation) - Lumbar puncture
Cranial and peripheral nerves	Ganglionectomy - Nerve block
Sympathetic nerves or ganglia	Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
Other	Axotomy - Hypophysectomy - Vagotomy