Abstract:[Objective] A meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the clinical outcomes of anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) versus posterior laminoplasty (laminoplasty, LP) for the cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). [Methods] Literature search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, Science Direct, CNKI and other databases, with relevant journals manually searched, the full text was read and the effect data was extracted. Finally, STATA 17.0 software was used for meta-analysis. [Results] The ACAF group proved significantly superior to the LP group in terms of postoperative JOA score (WMD=1.011, 95%CI 0.462~ 1.559, P<0.001), improvement rate of JOA score (WMD=8.903, 95%CI 5.964~11.841, P<0.05), postoperative VAS score (WMD=-1.059, 95%CI -1.885~-0.232, P=0.012), postoperative cervical curvature index (WMD=7.604, 95%CI 5.013~10.195, P<0.05), the incidence of C5 nerve root paralysis (OR=0.236, 95%CI 0.082-0.678, P=0.007), and the incidence of axial symptoms (OR=0.148, 95%CI 0.042-0.525, P= 0.003), whereas the former was significantly inferior to the latter in terms of the operation time (WMD=90.593, 95%CI 47.949~133.237, P< 0.001), the incidence of postoperative dysphagia (OR=11.276, 95%CI 2.073~61.332, P=0.005), and postoperative cervical motion (WMD= -3.599, 95% CI -6.394~-0.804, P=0.012). However, there were no significant differences in terms of intraoperative blood loss (WMD= -155.872, 95%CI -366.687~48.943, P=0.134), incidence of cerebrospinal fluid leakage (OR=0.983, 95%CI 0.337~2.871, P=0.976) and in the total incidence of postoperative complications (OR=0.606, 95% CI 0.361~1.019, P=0.059). [Conclusion] Both ACAF and LP can achieve good clinical results in the treatment of OPLL, by comparison the ACAF takes advantages over the LP in terms of the neurological function recovery, the incidence of postoperative axial symptoms and C5 nerve root paralysis.