Patient and surgeon factors associated with postoperative kyphosis after laminoplasty

Evid Based Spine Care J 2011; 2(3): 53-54
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1267114

Selected Abstracts Delivered at the 9th Annual AOSpine North America Fellows Forum

Joshua Ellwitz¹ , Rolando Roberto² , Munish Gupta² , Vivek Mohan³ , Eric Klineberg²

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3 Suda K, Abumi K, Ito M. et al . Local kyphosis reduces surgical outcomes of expansive open-door laminoplasty for cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2003; 28 (12) 1258-1262