Umsebenzi ophambili weumqoloipleyiti yangaphambili yomlomo wesibelekokukuphucula ukuzinza komqolo wesibeleko emva kotyando. Xa i-disc ye-intervertebral isusiwe okanye ixutywe, i-vertebrae ingaba yinto engazinzanga, ekhokelela kwiingxaki ezinokuthi zibe nazo. I-anterior cervical plate (ACP) ifana nebhuloho edibanisa i-vertebrae kunye, iqinisekisa ukulungelelaniswa kwayo ngokuchanekileyo kunye nokukhuthaza ukuphilisa. Ngokuqhelekileyo zenziwe ngezinto ezihambelana ne-biocompatible ezifana ne-titanium okanye insimbi engenasici ukuqinisekisa ukudibanisa kakuhle nomzimba kunye nokunciphisa umngcipheko wokulahlwa.