A laminar fixation system includes a laminar fixation implant and a laminar fixation implant installation 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 spine rod locking portion, a laminar fixation tape channel, and a laminar fixation tape locking portion. The laminar fixation implant installation tool has a laminar fixation tape locking actuator for manipulating the laminar tape locking portion of the laminar fixation implant, and a laminar fixation tape tensioning sub-assembly for tensioning laminar fixation tape received in the implant. The laminar fixation tape locking actuator and the laminar fixation tape tensioning sub-assembly of the installation tool each operates independent of each other. Attachment of the implant to a spine rod via the spine rod locking portion of the laminar fixation implant is independent of laminar fixation tape tensioning and laminar tape fixation to the implant.
