Umsebenzi oyinhloko weumgogodlaipuleti yangaphambili yomlomo wesibelethoiwukuthuthukisa ukuzinza komgogodla wesibeletho ngemva kokuhlinzwa. Lapho i-disc intervertebral isuswa noma ihlanganiswa, i-vertebrae ingase ingazinzi, okuholela ezinkingeni ezingase zibe khona. I-anterior cervical plate (ACP) ifana nebhuloho elixhumanisa ama-vertebrae ndawonye, iqinisekisa ukuhleleka kwawo okulungile futhi ikhuthaze ukuphulukiswa. Ngokuvamile kwenziwa ngezinto ezihambisana ne-biocompatible njenge-titanium noma insimbi engagqwali ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuhlanganiswa okuhle nomzimba futhi kuncishiswe ubungozi bokwenqatshwa.