ReviewOrthopaedic surgery2021
Expansion of Spinal Canal with Lift-Open Laminoplasty: A New Method for Compression Cervical Myelopathy.
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- Risk factors of axial symptoms after posterior cervical spine surgery: a meta-analysis.BMC surgery · 2025Pooled it
- The Longitudinal Changes of Cervical Sagittal Alignment in a Non-surgical Cohort: A 12-Year Longitudinal Study.Global spine journal · 2026Article
- Cervical Open-Door Laminoplasty for Myelopathy Caused by Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: Correlation Between Spinal Canal Expansion and Clinical Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Using Finite Element Models to Assess Spinal Cord Biomechanics after Cervical Laminoplasty for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- An innovative approach to assess spinal canal expansion following French-door cervical laminoplasty by intraoperative ultrasonography.European radiology · 2024Article
- Effects of Cervical Paravertebral Extensors in Patients with Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Grouped According to mK-Line.Orthopaedic surgery · 2024Article
- Clinical efficacy of duloxetine in the treatment of axial symptoms after posterior cervical spine surgery: a retrospective study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Lamina Abrasion Caused by High-Speed Drill in Unilateral Door Cervical Laminoplasty: A Clinical Investigation.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2023Article
- Computerized Three-Dimensional Analysis: A Novel Method to Assess the Effect of Open-Door Laminoplasty.Acta neurochirurgica. Supplement · 2023Article
- Risk Factors for Dysphagia after Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with the Zero-P implant system: A Study with Minimum of 2 Years Follow-up.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study is to introduce lift-open laminoplasty and verify the increase of the spinal canal area following this surgical technique according to the preoperative anatomical measurement.
methodsThere are 82 patients (43 male and 39 female) analyzed in our study from January 2019 to December 2020. The average age was 63.2 ± 3.21 years (from 41 to 84 years). All of them were treated with open-door laminoplasty, with a decompression segment range from C3 to C6. The increase of the spinal canal area after open-door laminoplasty was measured on postoperative CT images of the patients, and the distances between both lamina-facet junctions and lamina length was measured on preoperative CT images. Using the Pythagorean theorem for the equation of calculation area after the expansile open-door laminoplasty. Based on previous measurement parameters, spinous process length, lateral mass width, distance between osteotomy line and lamina-facet junctions line were additionally measured on preoperative CT images. Pythagorean theorem was used for calculating the area after the expansile lift-open laminoplasty. The results were recorded and a statistical analysis was undertaken. Then, there were six patients (five male and one female) treated with lift-open laminoplasty on C6, open-door on C3-C5, who suffer from cervical spondylotic myelopathy from December 2020 to January 2021. The average age was 60.3 ± 1.7 years (from 56 to 71 years). Operation time, blood loss, and Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) score recovery rate were recorded. Intraoperative and postoperative complications were observed.
resultsThe increase of the spinal canal area after open-door laminoplasty measured on postoperative CT images was 123.01 ± 17.06 mm
conclusionLift-open laminoplasty could preserve nearly 100% of extensor muscle, avoid damaging C7 paraspinal muscles and C6-7 posterior muscle-ligament complex, reconstruct the spinous process firmly in the midline, and expand adequate spinal canal area after operation. These advantages could reduce the incidence rate of complications and bring better clinical results than traditional laminoplasty.
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