Treatment of cervical cord compression, caused by hereditary multiple exostosis, with laminoplasty: a case report.
METHODS
Case report.


OBJECTIVE
Successful excision of the exostosis within the spinal canal.


BACKGROUND
Myelopathy caused by exostosis within the spinal canal developed in a 13-year-old boy with hereditary multiple exostosis.


METHODS
Spinous process-splitting laminoplasty with an ultrasonic knife was performed to remove the mass and minimize the possibility of postlaminectomy kyphosis.


RESULTS
The spinal canal exostosis with cervical cord compression was excised successfully with laminoplasty. After surgery there has been no recurrence of tumor, and the stability of the cervical spine has been preserved.


CONCLUSIONS
This is the first report of laminoplasty as a useful surgical approach for intraspinal exostosis to prevent postoperative cervical instability.
Oga
M
M
Department of Orthopaedics, Hiroshima Red Cross Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Nakatani
F
F
Ikuta
K
K
Tamaru
T
T
Arima
J
J
Tomishige
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D005097:Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed