Trends in cervical laminoplasty and 30-day postoperative complications: 10-year results from a retrospective, multi-institutional study of 1095 patients.
Eiji TakasawaYoichi IizukaTokue MiedaHirokazu InoueAtsushi KimuraKatsushi TakeshitaHiroyuki SonodaKenta TakakuraYasunori SorimachiTsuyoshi AraAtsushi AraiKosuke ShidaTakashi NakajimaSatoshi TsutsumiHidekazu AraiHiroshi MoridairaHiroshi TaneichiToru FunayamaHiroshi NoguchiKousei MiuraRyoichi KobayashiHaku IizukaMasaaki ChazonoHirotaka ChikudaPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2023)
From 2008 to 2017, there were trends toward increasing age at surgery and surgeons' preference for refined open-door laminoplasty. The 30-day complication rate remained stable, but the C5 palsy rate halved.