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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-5-21
pubmed:abstractText
Between February 1986 and August 1989, 45 patients with cervical myelopathy were treated by spinous process-splitting laminoplasty. Hydroxyapatite intraspinous spacers were used to maintain the enlargement of the cervical spinal canal. The shape of this spacer is trapezoidal. After sagittal splitting of the spinous process, the spacer was inserted between the two halves and affixed with the wire. Histologic study showed there was good fusion between the spacer and bone. In all cases, good enlargement of the cervical spinal canal was achieved. Spacer displacement, wire breakage, and postoperative infection were not seen. There was no postoperative neurologic deterioration. Computed tomography showed that the width of the cervical spinal canal was maintained.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0362-2436
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S41-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Spinous process-splitting laminoplasty using hydroxyapatite spinous process spacer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hirosaki University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports