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Volume 1, 2026, Issue 1
Anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion for the treatment of cervical instability caused by craniocervical malformation with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: Case report and literature review

Xi Luo1,2, Jingchuan Sun1


1Department of Orthopedics, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200003, China. 

2Department of Orthopedics, The Marine Corps Hospital of PLA, Chaozhou 521000, Guangdong, China.


Address correspondence to: Jingchuan Sun, Department of Orthopedics, Changzheng Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 415 Fengyang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200003, China. E-mail: sjchxc@foxmail.com.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.61189/383248ahfwao


Received February 27, 2025; Accepted August 6, 2025; Published July 17, 2026


Highlights

● ACAF effectively treated a 70-year-old patient with cervical spondylotic myelopathy, craniocervical malformation, and OPLL.

● The ACAF procedure integrated multiple operative strategies to achieve complete decompression and restoration of cervical stability.

● ACAF resulted in full cervical cord decompression, significant improvement in JOA score, and demonstrated key advantages for managing OPLL with cervical instability.

Case Report |Published on: 17 July 2026

[Orthopaedic Medicine] 2026; 1 (1): 1-10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61189/383248ahfwao
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