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. 2013 Oct 31;54(4):366–369. doi: 10.3340/jkns.2013.54.4.366

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

Demonstrating how the facet joint angles were measured relative to the coronal plane, the faect joint angles of this lumbar level are 42°. Oblique drilling for laminotomy should permit proper surgical view without facet joint violation (red square : conventional laminectomy, yellow square : our laminotomy).