Laminar Clamp Tensioner and Method

A laminar fixation system includes a laminar fixation implant and a laminar fixation implant tensioning tool for use with laminar fixation tape for retaining a spine rod relative to a vertebra of the spine. The laminar fixation implant has a hook at one end thereof that defines an arcuate pocket for holding a spine rod, a threaded angled bore with a set screw that contacts and fixes a spine rod received in the arcuate pocket, a passage extending through the hook for receiving laminar fixation tape, and a fixation plate disposed in a sidewall of the arcuate pocket of the hook and abutting the passage, whereby pressure exerted on the fixation plate by the spine rod presses against and fixes the laminar fixation tape in the passage relative to the laminar fixation implant.