椎间盘切除术:一种外科手术,通过切除突出的椎间盘组织(常见于腰椎或颈椎)来减轻对神经根的压迫,从而缓解疼痛、麻木或无力等症状。(在临床中也常见更具体的术式如 microdiscectomy 微创/显微椎间盘切除术。)
/dɪˈsɛk.tə.mi/
The doctor recommended a discectomy to relieve the nerve pain.
医生建议做椎间盘切除术来缓解神经痛。
After months of conservative treatment failed, she underwent a discectomy to treat a herniated lumbar disc that was causing sciatica.
在数月保守治疗无效后,她接受了椎间盘切除术,以治疗导致坐骨神经痛的腰椎间盘突出。
discectomy 由 disc(椎间盘/圆盘)+ -ectomy(“切除术”,源自希腊语 ektomē,意为“切出、切除”)构成,字面意思是“切除椎间盘(部分组织)的手术”。