Laminoplasty

Laminoplasty

Laminoplasty is a surgical procedure for treating spinal stenosis by relieving pressure on the spinal cord. The procedure involves the cutting (cutting through on one side and merely cutting a groove on the other) the lamina on both sides of the affected vertebrae and then "swinging" the freed flap of bone open thus relieving the pressure on the spinal cord. The spinous process may be removed to allow the lamina bone flap to be swung open. The bone flap is then propped open using small wedges or pieces of bone such that the enlarged spinal canal will remain in place.

This technique contrasts with vertebral laminectomy in the amount of bone and muscle tissue that has to be removed, displaced, or dissected in the procedure.

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