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Posterior Extensive Cervicothoracic Laminoplasty

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Conclusions

In this series of cervicothoracic OPLL patients who underwent PECTL, the postoperative mean recovery rate of the JOA score was 44.9%. Postoperative sagittal alignment was preserved in all but one patient, who underwent simultaneous laminectomy in the lower thoracic spine. PECTL obtains decompression by a posterior shift of the whole spinal cord after simultaneous spinal canal enlargement, sparing the spinal cord from iatrogenic injury. This method has a low rate of postoperative paralysis and complications and can therefore be recommended.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641-8510, Japan

    Yukihiro Nakagawa & Munehito Yoshida

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  1. National Hospital Organization, Osaka-Minami Medical Center, 2-1 Kidohigashi, Kawachinagano, Osaka, 586-8521, Japan

    Kazuo Yonenobu M.D., D.Med.Sc. (Vice-Director) (Vice-Director)

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan

    Kozo Nakamura M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  3. Department of Orthopedic Surgery School of Medicine, Keio University 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Yoshiaki Toyama M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

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Nakagawa, Y., Yoshida, M. (2006). Posterior Extensive Cervicothoracic Laminoplasty. In: Yonenobu, K., Nakamura, K., Toyama, Y. (eds) OPLL. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-32563-5_34

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