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The aims of the laminoplasty are to expand the spinal canal, to secure spinal stability, and to preserve the protective function of the spine. Preservation of mobility is also a goal of this procedure for multiple-level involvement. Cervical laminoplasty was developed in the early 1970s for the treatment of cervical myelopathy due to multilevel spondylosis or multilevel ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament. Since then, a variety of laminoplasty techniques have been described. In this chapter, the laminoplasty with the hardware-augmented open-door technique is described.
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Grochulla, F. (2023). Laminoplasty. In: Vieweg, U., Grochulla, F. (eds) Manual of Spine Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-64062-3_36
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