Cervical Laminoplasty for Multilevel Cervical Myelopathy

Figure 1

(a) The laminae which are bilateral troughs (complete on one side and incomplete on the other) made at the junction of laminae and lateral masses. (b) Greensticking on the incomplete trough side so that spinal canal is now expanded. Figures redrawn from Steinmetz and Resnick [6].