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Volume 18 No 7 (2020)
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Cervical Laminoplasty in the Elderly: Report of a Single Center Experience and Review of the Literature
Leonello Tacconi, Filippo Aquila
Abstract
Cervical laminoplasty is the commonly and widely used term to denote that group of assorted surgical procedures that entail the reconstruction of vertebral lamina after opening the spinal canal. More specifically these operative approaches to the posterior cervical spine usually require creating on which the lamina is lifted but not removed. Since its introduction in 1973 by Oyama and colleagues, this approach has become, and is still today, one of the most endorsed surgical techniques for the treatment of multilevel spondylotic myelopathy and continuous type of posterior longitudinal ligament ossification (OPLL), especially in the elderly.
Keywords
Cervical Stenosis, Laminoplasty, Decompression, Open Door Laminoplasty.
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