"Spinal Osteophytosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Outgrowth of immature bony processes or bone spurs (OSTEOPHYTE) from the VERTEBRAE, reflecting the presence of degenerative disease and calcification. It commonly occurs in cervical and lumbar SPONDYLOSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D013128
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.900.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Spinal Osteophytosis- Spinal Osteophytosis
- Osteophytoses, Spinal
- Spinal Osteophytoses
- Osteophytosis, Spinal
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spinal Osteophytosis" by people in Profiles.
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Minimally invasive lumbar spinal decompression in the elderly: outcomes of 50 patients aged 75 years and older. Neurosurgery. 2007 Mar; 60(3):503-9; discussion 509-10.
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Mechanical neck pain and cervicogenic headache. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jan; 60(1 Supp1 1):S21-7.
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Minimally invasive surgery for the management of cervical spondylosis. Neurosurgery. 2007 Jan; 60(1 Supp1 1):S160-5.
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The Prestige cervical disc. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2005 Oct; 16(4):621-8, vi.
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The Prestige cervical disc replacement. Spine J. 2004 Nov-Dec; 4(6 Suppl):310S-314S.
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Enhancement of stability following anterior cervical corpectomy: a biomechanical study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2004 Apr 15; 29(8):845-9.
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Operative treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy and radiculopathy. A comparison of laminectomy and laminoplasty at five year average follow-up. Iowa Orthop J. 2004; 24:95-105.
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Prosthetics and biologics: the wave of the future. Clin Neurosurg. 2003; 50:207-19.
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Microsurgery for degenerative conditions of the cervical spine. Instr Course Lect. 2003; 52:497-508.
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A prospective comparison of the standard and reverse robinson cervical grafting techniques: radiographic and clinical analyses. J Spinal Disord. 2000 Oct; 13(5):369-73.