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History of Laminoplasty

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Cervical Laminoplasty

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Cervical laminoplasty was developed in Japan in the early 1970s to resolve postoperative problems after conventional laminectomy for instability and deformity which caused a recurrence of myelopathy; there have since been many modifications. The aim of laminoplasty is to expand the spinal canal, to preserve the posterior structure of the cervical spine and assure stability, and to prevent the formation of a postlaminectomy membrane. In this chapter, we describe the background to the development of laminoplasty for cervical stenotic myelopathy.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Kozo Nakamura & Atsushi Seichi

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, 113-0033, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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

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

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

  3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi-machi, Kawachi-gun, 329-0498, Tochigi, Japan

    Yuichi Hoshino M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

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Nakamura, K., Seichi, A. (2003). History of Laminoplasty. In: Nakamura, K., Toyama, Y., Hoshino, Y. (eds) Cervical Laminoplasty. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53983-4_1

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