Foraminotomy
"Foraminotomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Surgical enlargement of the intervertebral foramina to relieve NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION.
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D059526
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MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.305
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2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foraminotomy" by people in Profiles.
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Witiw CD, Smieliauskas F, O'Toole JE, Fehlings MG, Fessler RG. Comparison of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion to Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy: Utilization, Costs, and Adverse Events 2003 to 2014. Neurosurgery. 2019 02 01; 84(2):413-420.
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Ahn J, Tabaraee E, Bohl DD, Singh K. Minimally Invasive Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2015 Oct; 28(8):295-7.
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Mansfield HE, Canar WJ, Gerard CS, O'Toole JE. Single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy for patients with cervical radiculopathy: a cost analysis. Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Nov; 37(5):E9.
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Skovrlj B, Gologorsky Y, Haque R, Fessler RG, Qureshi SA. Complications, outcomes, and need for fusion after minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy and microdiscectomy. Spine J. 2014 Oct 01; 14(10):2405-11.
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Wong AP, Shih P, Smith TR, Slimack NP, Dahdaleh NS, Aoun SG, El Ahmadieh TY, Smith ZA, Scheer JK, Koski TR, Liu JC, Fessler RG. Comparison of symptomatic cerebral spinal fluid leak between patients undergoing minimally invasive versus open lumbar foraminotomy, discectomy, or laminectomy. World Neurosurg. 2014 Mar-Apr; 81(3-4):634-40.
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Deutsch H. Minimally invasive lumbar foraminotomy. Neurosurg Focus. 2013 Jul; 35(2 Suppl):Video 7.
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Lawton CD, Smith ZA, Lam SK, Habib A, Wong RH, Fessler RG. Clinical outcomes of microendoscopic foraminotomy and decompression in the cervical spine. World Neurosurg. 2014 Feb; 81(2):422-7.
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