Commentary: Microsurgical Anterior Controllable Antedisplacement Fusion to Treat Cervical Ossified Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: 2-Dimensional Operative Video
Makaleler > Editöre Mektup · 2020
Yazarlar: Mehmet ZİLELİ, Nevhis AKINTÜRK
Operative Neurosurgery, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2020, cilt 20, ss E222-E224
DOI: 10.1093/ons/opaa439
Özet
Duan et al1 presents a surgical video concerning Anterior Controllable Antedisplacement Fusion (ACAF) to treat cervical OPLL. The approach is not new, but it is clearly shown in video content and explained and illustrated with nice photographs. The ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) is a common reason for cervical myelopathy.2,3 Anterior decompression is challenging in severe OPLL, and the rates of complications such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage, neural injury, hardware failure, and insufficient decompression are higher.3,4 The term vertebral body sliding osteotomy was first used in 2018,5 then Sun et al3 introduced the anterior controllable antedisplacement fusion (ACAF) technique. The aim of ACAF technique was to prevent dural laceration and CSF...