"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spinal Osteophytosis" by people in Profiles.
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Bony flexion-distraction injury of the lower lumbar spine treated with instrumentation without fusion and early implant removal: a method of treatment to preserve lumbar motion: two-year follow-up of a teenage patient. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2007 Feb; 20(1):93-6.
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Direct repair of spondylolytic defects in young competitive athletes. Spine J. 2002 Mar-Apr; 2(2):142-4.
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Conditions of the spine. Adolesc Med. 1998 Oct; 9(3):515-32, vi.
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Quantitative analysis of the cervical spinal canal by computed tomography. Neuroradiology. 1986; 28(2):139-43.
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Nonconvulsive status epilepticus following metrizamide myelography. Ann Neurol. 1984 Aug; 16(2):252-4.