Laminotomy: a technical note

✍ Scribed by D. Douglas Cochrane; Paul Steinbok

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 766 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00262853

✦ Synopsis

In order to restore spinal integrity following posterior exposures of the spinal canal in children, we describe modifications of Raimondi's laminotomy technique. The use of a pneumatic dissecting tool with foot-plate to create a hinged osteoplastic laminotomy is described, as are techniques for securing the laminotomy flap in place at the end of the procedure.