"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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| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diskectomy" by people in Profiles.
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Weiss HK, Yamaguchi JT, Garcia RM, Hsu WK, Smith ZA, Dahdaleh NS. Trends in National Use of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion from 2006 to 2016. World Neurosurg. 2020 06; 138:e42-e51.
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Khanna R, Kim RB, Lam SK, Cybulski GR, Smith ZA, Dahdaleh NS. Comparing Short-term Complications of Inpatient Versus Outpatient Single-level Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: An Analysis of 6940 Patients Using the ACS-NSQIP Database. Clin Spine Surg. 2018 02; 31(1):43-47.
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Lim S, Kesavabhotla K, Cybulski GR, Dahdaleh N, Smith ZA. Response to the Letter: Predictors for Airway Complications Following Single or Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 09 15; 42(18):E1095-E1096.
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Lim S, Kesavabhotla K, Cybulski GR, Dahdaleh NS, Smith ZA. Predictors for Airway Complications Following Single- and Multilevel Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2017 Mar 15; 42(6):379-384.
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Lim S, Carabini LM, Kim RB, Khanna R, Dahdaleh NS, Smith ZA. Evaluation of American Society of Anesthesiologists classification as 30-day morbidity predictor after single-level elective anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. Spine J. 2017 03; 17(3):313-320.
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Kim RB, Garcia RM, Smith ZA, Dahdaleh NS. Impact of Resident Participation on Outcomes After Single-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion: An Analysis of 3265 Patients from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Mar; 41(5):E289-96.
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Yang BW, Bi WL, Smith TR, Brewster R, Gormley WB, Dunn IF, Laws ER. How a Lumbar Diskectomy Influenced Medical Malpractice and the Landscape of Health Care. World Neurosurg. 2016 Feb; 86:88-92.
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Wong AP, Shih P, Smith TR, Slimack NP, Dahdaleh NS, Aoun SG, El Ahmadieh TY, Smith ZA, Scheer JK, Koski TR, Liu JC, Fessler RG. Comparison of symptomatic cerebral spinal fluid leak between patients undergoing minimally invasive versus open lumbar foraminotomy, discectomy, or laminectomy. World Neurosurg. 2014 Mar-Apr; 81(3-4):634-40.
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Auffinger BM, Lall RR, Dahdaleh NS, Wong AP, Lam SK, Koski T, Fessler RG, Smith ZA. Measuring surgical outcomes in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: assessment of minimum clinically important difference. PLoS One. 2013; 8(6):e67408.
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Lawton CD, Smith ZA, Lam SK, Habib A, Wong RH, Fessler RG. Clinical outcomes of microendoscopic foraminotomy and decompression in the cervical spine. World Neurosurg. 2014 Feb; 81(2):422-7.