Using suture anchors for cervical laminoplasty: a reliable, safe, and simple technique.
Cervical spondylomyelopathy from spinal stenosis is a debilitating disease that often progresses with neurologic deficits in the upper and lower extremities. Spinal stenosis may be treated operatively with expansive open-door laminoplasty. We describe the technique of laminoplasty using suture anchors. Suture anchors may be used to perform laminoplasty in a safe, time-efficient, and reliable manner.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California at Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA.
Safdar N
SN
Khan
Eric W
EW
Edmonds
Robert M
RM
Titelman
Munish C
MC
Gupta
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D053441:Suture Anchors