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Methods: Patients undergoing multilevel laminoplasty of the cervical spine (C3\u2013C6\/C7) at a single institution were retrospectively reviewed. Patients were divided into two cohorts based on surgical technique at C3: C3\u2013C6\/C7 plated laminoplasty (\u201cC3 laminoplasty only\u201d, N = 61), C3 partial or complete laminectomy, plus C4\u2013C6\/C7 plated laminoplasty (N = 39). All patients had at least 1-year postoperative X-ray treatment. Results: Of 100 total patients, C3 laminoplasty and C3 laminectomy were equivalent in all demographic data, except for age (66.4 vs. 59.4 years, p = 0.012). None of the preoperative radiographic parameters differed between the C3 laminoplasty and C3 laminectomy cohorts: cervical lordosis (13.1\u00b0 vs. 11.1\u00b0, p = 0.259), T1 slope (32.9\u00b0 vs. 29.2\u00b0, p = 0.072), T1 slope\u2013cervical lordosis (19.8\u00b0 vs. 18.6\u00b0, p = 0.485), or cervical sagittal vertical axis (3.1 cm vs. 2.7 cm, p = 0.193). None of the postoperative radiographic parameters differed between the C3 laminoplasty and C3 laminectomy cohorts: cervical lordosis (9.4\u00b0 vs. 11.2\u00b0, p = 0.369), T1 slope\u2013cervical lordosis (21.7\u00b0 vs. 18.1\u00b0, p = 0.126), to cervical sagittal vertical axis (3.3 cm vs. 3.6 cm, p = 0.479). In the total cohort, 31% had loss of cervical lordosis &gt;5\u00b0. Loss of lordosis reached 5\u201310\u00b0 (mild change) in 13% of patients and &gt;10\u00b0 (moderate change) in 18% of patients. C3 laminoplasty and C3 laminectomy cohorts did not differ with respect to no change (&lt;5\u00b0: 65.6% vs. 74.3%, respectively), mild change (5\u201310\u00b0: 14.8% vs. 10.3%), and moderate change (&gt;10\u00b0: 19.7% vs. 15.4%) in cervical lordosis, p = 0.644. When controlling for age, ordinal regression showed that surgical technique at C3 did not increase the odds of postoperative loss of cervical lordosis. C3 laminectomy versus C3 laminoplasty did not differ in the postoperative range of motion on cervical flexion\u2013extension X-rays (23.9\u00b0 vs. 21.7\u00b0, p = 0.451, N = 91). Conclusion: There was no difference in postoperative loss of cervical lordosis or postoperative range of motion in patients who underwent either C3\u2013C6\/C7 plated laminoplasty or C3 laminectomy plus C4\u2013C6\/C7 plated laminoplasty.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12247594","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,11]],"date-time":"2023-12-11T14:12:51Z","timestamp":1702303971000},"page":"7594","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Multilevel Laminoplasty for CSM: Is C3 Laminectomy Better Than C3 Laminoplasty at the Superior Vertebra?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Mohamed","family":"Macki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA"},{"name":"Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, 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