"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 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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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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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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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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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The impact of age on surgical goals for spinopelvic alignment in minimally invasive surgery for adult spinal deformity. J Neurosurg Spine. 2018 Nov 01; 29(5):560-564.
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Cervical radiographic parameters in 1- and 2-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Oct; 25(4):421-429.
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Changes in coronal and sagittal plane alignment following minimally invasive direct lateral interbody fusion for the treatment of degenerative lumbar disease in adults: a radiographic study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2011 Jul; 15(1):92-6.
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Cervical kyphosis and thoracic lordoscoliosis in a patient with cerebral palsy. Orthopedics. 2008 03; 31(3):276.