Laminectomy or laminotomy?

After laminectomy in infants and children vertebral deformities often develop. To prevent these the author applied the reanchoring of the dissected arches and ligaments (laminotomy) with success in four children. The details of the procedure and the reanchoring of the vertebral arches are described. This treatment modality should be favourized instead of the destructive laminectomy in this age group in the majority of cases.