"Diskectomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Excision, in part or whole, of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC. The most common indication is disk displacement or herniation. In addition to standard surgical removal, it can be performed by percutaneous diskectomy (DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS) or by laparoscopic diskectomy, the former being the more common.
| Descriptor ID |
D017586
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.718.444 E04.188.350 E04.555.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Diskectomy- Diskectomy
- Diskectomies
- Discectomy
- Discectomies
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diskectomy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diskectomy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 18 | 2 | 20 |
| 2020 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2021 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2022 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diskectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Health Care Costs Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion or Cervical Disc Arthroplasty. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Apr 15; 49(8):530-535.
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The Veterans Rand-12 Physical Composite Score Prognosticates Postoperative Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurg. 2023 Dec; 180:e756-e764.
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Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion With Structural Allograft is Associated With Lower Postoperative Health Care Utilization and Reoperations Compared With Cage Implants. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2024 Jan 01; 26(1):16-21.
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Does disc distraction after cervical total disc arthroplasty impact range of motion and patient-reported outcomes? J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 09 01; 39(3):335-344.
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Differences in Time to Achieve Minimum Clinically Important Difference Between Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion and Cervical Disc Replacement. World Neurosurg. 2023 Aug; 176:e337-e344.
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Does Symptom Duration Prior to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Disc Herniation Influence Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Workers' Compensation Population? World Neurosurg. 2023 May; 173:e748-e754.
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Risk Factors for Adjacent Segment Disease Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Plate Fixation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 11 02; 104(21):1915-1945.
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Answer to the letter to the editor by Zhi-Hui Dai concerning "Artificial intelligence in predicting early-onset adjacent segment degeneration following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion" by Rudisill SS et al. (Eur Spine J [2022]; doi: 10.1007/s00586-022-07238-3). Eur Spine J. 2022 11; 31(11):3161-3162.
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Comparison of Fusion versus Nonunion After 4-Level and 5-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion With Anterior Plate Fixation. Neurosurgery. 2022 11 01; 91(5):764-774.
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Cervical Alignment Analysis Comparing Two-Level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty with Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion with Anterior Plate Fixation. World Neurosurg. 2022 Sep; 165:e597-e610.