Preservation of the Supraspinous Ligament for Spinal Stenosis: A Technical Note
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 21 (3) , 420-422
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198709000-00028
Abstract
Laminectomies and bilateral laminotomies for spinal stenosis have been performed over a period of 16 years at the Mercy Catholic Medical Center by preserving the supraspinous ligament along with the tips of the lumbar spines. More recently, this has been done utilizing a unilateral approach. This operation is technically feasible and with practice can be done routinely for extensive spine decompression, even for spinal tumor resection or spinal fusion.Keywords
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