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Open-Door Cervical Laminoplasty with Bone Graft Substitution

Howard S. An, MD
The Morton International Endowed Chair
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
Dino Samartzis, DSc, PhD (C)
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Spine Surgery, Rush Medical College, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
An open-door cervical laminoplasty with bone graft stabilization is presented in the treatment of a 65-year-old male patient with myelopathic symptoms and cervical stenosis at C3-C4, C4-C5, and C5-C6. The case is presented detailing history, clinical manifestations, radiographic findings, operative course, and postoperative outcome.

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Last Updated: 06/20/2005
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