"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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| 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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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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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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The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery. J Neurosurg Spine. 2019 Oct 25; 32(2):221-228.
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Comparison of radiographic parameters after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with semiconstrained translational versus rotational plate systems. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2019 Aug; 183:105379.
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Obesity does not impact clinical outcome but affects cervical sagittal alignment and adjacent segment degeneration in short term follow-up after an anterior cervical decompression and fusion. Spine J. 2019 07; 19(7):1146-1153.