"Diskectomy" 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.
Excision, in part or whole, of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC. The most common indication is disk displacement or herniation. In addition to standard surgical removal, it can be performed by percutaneous diskectomy (DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS) or by laparoscopic diskectomy, the former being the more common.
| Descriptor ID |
D017586
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.718.444 E04.188.350 E04.555.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Diskectomy- Diskectomy
- Diskectomies
- Discectomy
- Discectomies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diskectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Sex Differences for Anterior Cervical Fusion: Complications and Length of Stay. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 08 01; 43(15):1025-1030.
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Multi- versus single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: comparing sagittal alignment, early adjacent segment degeneration, and clinical outcomes. Eur Spine J. 2018 11; 27(11):2745-2753.
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Frequency and Acceptability of Adverse Events After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: A Survey Study From the Cervical Spine Research Society. Clin Spine Surg. 2018 06; 31(5):E270-E277.
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Factors Affecting Long-Term Postoperative Narcotic Use in Discectomy Patients. World Neurosurg. 2018 Apr; 112:e640-e644.
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Risk factors for predicting increased surgical drain output in patients after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion. J Orthop Surg Res. 2017 Dec 28; 12(1):196.
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Prognostic Value of Lordosis Decrease in Radiographic Adjacent Segment Pathology After Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion. Sci Rep. 2017 10 31; 7(1):14414.
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Open Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery for Extraforaminal Lumbar Disk Herniation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. World Neurosurg. 2017 Dec; 108:924-938.e3.
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Adjacent segmental degeneration following Wallis interspinous stabilization implantation: Biomechanical explanations and the value of magnetic resonance imaging. Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jun; 96(22):e7056.
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There is no increased risk of adjacent segment disease at the cervicothoracic junction following an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion to C7. Spine J. 2017 09; 17(9):1264-1271.
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Thirty-day readmission and reoperation rates after single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion versus those after cervical disc replacement. Neurosurg Focus. 2017 Feb; 42(2):E6.