"Total Disc Replacement" 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.
The replacement of intervertebral discs in the spinal column with artificial devices. The procedure is done in the lumbar or cervical spine to relieve severe pain resulting from INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION.
| Descriptor ID |
D059145
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.555.110.110.850 E04.650.110.850 E04.680.101.110.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Total Disc Replacement- Total Disc Replacement
- Disc Replacement, Total
- Disc Replacements, Total
- Replacement, Total Disc
- Replacements, Total Disc
- Total Disc Replacements
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Disk
- Total Disk Replacement
- Disk Replacement, Total
- Disk Replacements, Total
- Replacement, Total Disk
- Replacements, Total Disk
- Total Disk Replacements
- Artificial Disk Replacement
- Artificial Disk Replacements
- Disk Replacement, Artificial
- Disk Replacements, Artificial
- Replacement, Artificial Disk
- Replacements, Artificial Disk
- Total Disc Arthroplasty
- Arthroplasties, Total Disc
- Arthroplasty, Total Disc
- Disc Arthroplasties, Total
- Disc Arthroplasty, Total
- Total Disc Arthroplasties
- Total Disk Arthroplasty
- Arthroplasties, Total Disk
- Arthroplasty, Total Disk
- Disk Arthroplasties, Total
- Disk Arthroplasty, Total
- Total Disk Arthroplasties
- Arthroplasty, Replacement, Disc
- Artificial Disc Replacement
- Artificial Disc Replacements
- Disc Replacement, Artificial
- Disc Replacements, Artificial
- Replacement, Artificial Disc
- Replacements, Artificial Disc
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Total Disc Replacement" by people in Profiles.
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Progressive Bone Formation After Cervical Disc Replacement: Minimum of 5-Year Follow-up. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 02 01; 43(3):E163-E170.
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Results of cervical arthroplasty compared with anterior discectomy and fusion: four-year clinical outcomes in a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Orthopedics. 2011 Nov; 34(11):889.