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Concise reasoning: Simple or partial removal of the lamina (laminotomy, laminectomy, hemilaminectomy) are standard posterior routes used to expose and excise a herniated inter-vertebral disc [Kokkola, 1992, PMID 1622054]. Laminoplasty, in contrast, is an “expansive” procedure meant to hinge/open the lamina to widen the spinal canal for multilevel stenosis or myelopathy and is not employed for disc excision [Weinberg, 2020, PMID 32309667].