DIFFERENT CERVICAL LAMINOPLASTY TECHNIQUES

Francisco Alves de Araújo-Júnior; Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho; Osvaldo Malafaia; Aluízio Augusto Arantes-Júnior; Guilherme Henrique Weiler Ceccato; Pedro Helo dos Santos-Neto

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.9110

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Francisco Alves de Araújo-Júnior Evangelical Mackenzie College of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Jurandir Marcondes Ribas-Filho Evangelical Mackenzie College of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Osvaldo Malafaia Evangelical Mackenzie College of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1829-7071
Aluízio Augusto Arantes-Júnior Clinical Hospital, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
Guilherme Henrique Weiler Ceccato Mackenzie Evangelical University Hospital, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Pedro Helo dos Santos-Neto Mackenzie Evangelical University Hospital, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.9110

Palavras-chave:

Laminoplasty, Spondylosis, Spinal cord compression, Spinal stenosis

Resumo

Background: Cervical laminoplasty is one of the standard techniques for the treatment of spondylotic cervical myelopathy. It was developed by Japanese orthopedists in the 1970s as an alternative to laminectomy. Over the years, several types of laminoplasty have been described. Open-door and French-door laminoplasty are the most widely used and studied in the literature and based on them, technical variations have been described, including the use of endoscopy.

Objective: To review the laminoplasty techniques described in the literature.

Methods: A literature review was conducted on the Pubmed and Scielo platforms in January 2024. Initially, 66 articles were selected that addressed something related to types of laminoplasty technique in their title. The abstracts of these articles were read and those that addressed a review on the subject or that described a new type of laminoplasty or technical variation of open-door or French-door were selected.

Results: A total of 20 articles were considered for study.

Conclusions: After the advent of open-door and french-door laminoplasty, some variations emerged, such as two-open-door laminoplasty, alternating open-door laminoplasty and those associated with C3 laminectomy.