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a A 32-year-old man with an L2–L3 burst fracture (with neurological deficit) with green stick lamina fracture at both sites. Open book laminoplasty was performed and b dural tear with nerve root entrapment was c repaired. d, e The patient is neurologically intact after 3 years’ follow-up