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The patient is intubated and placed in the prone position on a four-point supporting frame. May field’s pin holder is safe and useful for maintaining cervical alignment in slight extension. In cases of a second operation, the neutral position is better than the extension position so that an airtome can be used instead of a T-saw for splitting of the spinous process. Cervical alignment should be recon fi rmed by x-ray before making the skin incision.
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Najjar, M. (2013). Cervical Laminoplasty. In: Saghieh, S., Weinstein, S., Hoballah, J. (eds) Operative Dictations in Orthopedic Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7479-1_24
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