Normal canal dimensions can be reestablished with open-door laminoplasty. Achieving and maintaining an increased sagittal canal diameter is probably the most important change in anatomic parameters to facilitate neurologic recovery. The use of titanium miniplates to stabilize the posterior elements after laminoplasty is a simple, durable, and effective technique to maintain the increased sagittal diameter of the spinal canal.

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Autopsy findings in a patient who had an adrenal-to-brain transplant for Parkinson's disease 4 months before his death showed adrenal tissue in the basal ganglia, but it was necrotic. Symptomatic improvement lasted for only 2 weeks.

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