Cervical Laminoplasty

1. History.- History of Laminoplasty.- 2. Surgical Anatomy.- Anatomical Knowledge Required for Laminoplasty.- 3. Basic Procedures.- Expansive Open-Door Laminoplasty.- Double-Door Laminoplasty by Splitting Spinous Processes.- 4. Modified Procedures.- Expansive Laminoplasty.- En Bloc Laminoplasty.- Bilateral Open-Door Laminoplasty.- Tension-Band Laminoplasty:A Laminoplasty with Minimal Surgical Intervention to the Spinoligamentous Complex for Better Postoperative Neck Function.- Midline Spinous Process Splitting Laminoplasty Using Hydroxyapatite Spacers.- BilateralOpen Laminoplasty Using the Spinous Process as Bone Blocks.- Expansive Midline T-Saw (Modified Spinous Process-Splitting) Laminoplasty for the Treatment of Cervical Myelopathy.- 5. Complications.- Complications of Open-Door Laminoplasty.- Paralysis of the Arm Occurring After Decompression of the Cervical Spinal Cord.- Segmental Motor Paralysis After Laminoplasty.- Cervical Pain After Cervical Laminoplasty: Causes and Treatments.- Neck and Shoulder Pain: Postoperative Neck Pain with Special Reference to Postoperative Immobilization.- 6. Perspectives.- Future Perspectives of Expansive Laminoplasty.