Cervical paraspinal muscle compartment pressure after laminoplasty: A cadaveric study.

Axial neck pain is a common complaint after cervical laminoplasty and the causes are still not well-understood. We hypothesized that abnormal paracervical muscle compartment pressures might be one of them. The cervical paraspinal muscle compartment pressures of 10 cadavers were measured in six different areas under four different conditions.