Bone Cement Augmentation for Cervical Vertebrae‐Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Complex Contributes to Anterior Controllable Antedisplacement and Fusion in Patients With Osteoporosis

• Published in: Orthopaedic surgery Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 2479 - 2485
• Main Authors: Lu, Qilin, Li, Xugui, Zhang, Bin, Shi, Jiangang, Sun, Jingchuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2025; John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd; Wiley
• Subjects: Aged; anterior cervical controllable antedisplacement and fusion; bone cement augmentation; Bone Cements - therapeutic use; Cervical Vertebrae - surgery; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Operative Technique; Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament - surgery; ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Osteoporosis; Osteoporosis - complications; Polymethyl methacrylate; Spinal Fusion - methods; Statistical analysis; Surgery; Surgical techniques; Vertebrae; vertebrae‐OPLL complex antedisplacement failure; vertebrae‐OPLL complex antedisplacement failure; osteoporosis; anterior cervical controllable antedisplacement and fusion; ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; bone cement augmentation

Anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) is an effective strategy in treating cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (C-OPLL). The controllable antedisplacement of the vertebrae-OPLL complex (VOC) through screws is both the most critical and technically challeng...