Thoracic controllable antedisplacement and fusion in the treatment of multilevel thoracic ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: a case series with technical notes
The TCAF procedure, which allows canal decompression with no need for removal of T-OPLL, could be a promising surgical alternative for safely and effectively managing mT-OPLL.
Authors
- Yang Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9912-5158)
- Chunzheng Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6688-9541)
- Cheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0607-7140)
- Wu D (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8447-2732)
- Jie Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-684X)
- Wen Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0759-5974)
- Yachao Zhao
- Chuanhong Dou
Institutions
- Second Hospital of Shandong University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
- Published
- 2025-08-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-025-06174-4
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00