"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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| 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 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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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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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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Prior lumbar discectomy surgery does not alter the efficacy of neuraxial labor analgesia. Anesth Analg. 2012 Aug; 115(2):348-53.
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Spinal kinematics and facet load transmission after total disc replacement. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2010 Oct 15; 35(22):E1160-6.