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decompression
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decompression
The restoration of compressed data back to their original size. See data compression.
decompression [dē·kəm′presh·ən]
(engineering)
Any procedure for the relief of pressure or compression.


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183; If physical therapy, Botox, and nerve injections fail to provide adequate relief, some patients opt for pudendal nerve decompression surgery.
The operations include major and minor procedures of middle ear surgery, acoustic neuroma surgery, cranial nerve decompression surgery and reconstructive surgery for deafness.
Craig Wolff performed surgery on Allen that included a "cervical foramenoplasty" and laminotomy at C-6/C-7 along with cervical nerve decompression.
 
 
 
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