"Pseudarthrosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal BONY CALLUS leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D011542
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.468.627
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| Concept/Terms |
Pseudarthrosis- Pseudarthrosis
- Pseudarthroses
- Pseudoarthrosis
- Pseudoarthroses
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pseudarthrosis" by people in Profiles.
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Letter to the Editor Regarding "The Potential Negative Effects of Smoking on Cervical and Lumbar Surgery Beyond Pseudarthrosis: A Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative Study". World Neurosurg. 2023 Nov; 179:248.
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Pseudarthrosis rate following anterior cervical discectomy with fusion using an allograft cellular bone matrix: a multi-institutional analysis. Neurosurg Focus. 2021 06; 50(6):E6.
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Preventing Pseudoarthrosis and Proximal Junctional Kyphosis: How to Deal with the Osteoporotic Spine. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2018 Jul; 29(3):365-374.
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Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 2. A cost-effectiveness analysis: clinical article. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Feb; 18(2):147-53.
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Revision lumbar surgery in elderly patients with symptomatic pseudarthrosis, adjacent-segment disease, or same-level recurrent stenosis. Part 1. Two-year outcomes and clinical efficacy: clinical article. J Neurosurg Spine. 2013 Feb; 18(2):139-46.
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Nicotine on the revascularization of bone graft. An experimental study in rabbits. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1994 Apr 15; 19(8):904-11.