 Spinal Fusion
"Spinal Fusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed)
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D013123
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.555.100.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Spinal Fusion- Spinal Fusion
- Fusion, Spinal
- Fusions, Spinal
- Spinal Fusions
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spinal Fusion" by people in Profiles.
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Crawford CH, Larson AN, Gates M, Bess RS, Guillaume TJ, Kim HJ, Oetgen ME, Ledonio CG, Sanders J, Burton DC. Current Evidence Regarding the Treatment of Pediatric Lumbar Spondylolisthesis: A Report From the Scoliosis Research Society Evidence Based Medicine Committee. Spine Deform. 2017 09; 5(5):284-302.
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Oetgen ME, Litrenta J. Perioperative Blood Management in Pediatric Spine Surgery. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2017 Jul; 25(7):480-488.
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Thomson K, Pestieau SR, Patel JJ, Gordish-Dressman H, Mirzada A, Kain ZN, Oetgen ME. Perioperative Surgical Home in Pediatric Settings: Preliminary Results. Anesth Analg. 2016 11; 123(5):1193-1200.
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Oetgen ME, Goodley A, Yoo B, Pines DJ, Hsieh AH. Ultrasonic Structural Health Monitoring to Assess the Integrity of Spinal Growing Rods In Vitro. Spine Deform. 2016 01; 4(1):65-69.
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Garg S, Oetgen M, Rathjen K, Richards BS. Kyphectomy improves sitting and skin problems in patients with myelomeningocele. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 May; 469(5):1279-85.
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Oetgen ME, Richards BS. Complications associated with the use of bone morphogenetic protein in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Orthop. 2010 Mar; 30(2):192-8.
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Heuer GG, Hardesty DA, Bhowmick DA, Bailey R, Magge SN, Storm PB. Treatment of pediatric atlantoaxial instability with traditional and modified Goel-Harms fusion constructs. Eur Spine J. 2009 Jun; 18(6):884-92.
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Oluigbo CO, Solanki GA. Use of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 to enhance posterior cervical spine fusion at 2 years of age: technical note. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2008; 44(5):393-6.
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Storm PB, Magge SN, Kazahaya K, Sutton LN. Cervical chordoma in a patient with tuberous sclerosis presenting with shoulder pain. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007; 43(2):167-9.
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