<procedure> Excision, in part or whole, of an intervertebral disk. The most common indication is disk displacement or herniation. In addition to standard surgical removal, it can be performed by percutaneous diskectomy (diskectomy, percutaneous) or by laparoscopic diskectomy, the former being the more common. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
(dis-kek´tә-me) excision of an intervertebral disk.
Surgical removal of a disk from between two vertebrae in the spine. 
diskectomy, discoidectomy The excision of an intervertebral disk (between two vetebrae).
A surgical decompression in which the damaged part, or all, of a herniated disk is removed from the spine.