"Lordosis" 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.
The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = POSTURE + SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D008141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.900.800.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lordosis" by people in Profiles.
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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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Obesity in children with low back pain: implications with imaging phenotypes and opioid use. Spine J. 2023 Jul; 23(7):945-953.
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Comparison of Perioperative Complications After Anterior-Posterior Versus Posterior-Anterior-Posterior Cervical Fusion: A Retrospective Review of 153 Consecutive Cases. Neurosurgery. 2023 08 01; 93(2):373-386.
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Catastrophic acute failure of pelvic fixation in adult spinal deformity requiring revision surgery: a multicenter review of incidence, failure mechanisms, and risk factors. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 01 01; 38(1):98-106.
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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.
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Two- and three-year outcomes of minimally invasive and hybrid correction of adult spinal deformity. J Neurosurg Spine. 2022 04 01; 36(4):595-608.
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Duration of Symptoms Does Not Affect Clinical Outcome After Lumbar Arthrodesis. Clin Spine Surg. 2021 03 01; 34(2):E72-E79.
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Outcomes of Expandable Interbody Devices in Lumbar Fusion: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Clin Spine Surg. 2020 07; 33(6):230-243.
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Intermediate-term clinical and radiographic outcomes with less invasive adult spinal deformity surgery: patients with a minimum follow-up of 4 years. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 06; 162(6):1393-1400.
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Segmental coupling effects during correction of three-dimensional lumbar deformity using lateral lumbar interbody fusion. Eur Spine J. 2020 04; 29(4):879-885.