 Odontoid Process
"Odontoid Process" 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 toothlike process on the upper surface of the axis, which articulates with the CERVICAL ATLAS above.
| Descriptor ID |
D009809
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.834.151.383.668
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| Concept/Terms |
Odontoid Process- Odontoid Process
- Odontoid Processes
- Process, Odontoid
- Processes, Odontoid
- Dens Axis
- Axis, Dens
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Odontoid Process" by people in Profiles.
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Riebel M, Westrick R, Goss D. Unstable Os Odontoideum. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2016 Oct; 46(10):930.
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Hankinson TC, Grunstein E, Gardner P, Spinks TJ, Anderson RC. Transnasal odontoid resection followed by posterior decompression and occipitocervical fusion in children with Chiari malformation Type I and ventral brainstem compression. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Jun; 5(6):549-53.
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Dailey AT, Hart D, Finn MA, Schmidt MH, Apfelbaum RI. Anterior fixation of odontoid fractures in an elderly population. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Jan; 12(1):1-8.
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Finn MA, McCall TD, Schmidt MH. Pigmented villonodular synovitis associated with pathological fracture of the odontoid and atlantoaxial instability. Case report and review of the literature. J Neurosurg Spine. 2007 Aug; 7(2):248-53.
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Lennarson PJ, Mostafavi H, Traynelis VC, Walters BC. Management of type II dens fractures: a case-control study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2000 May 15; 25(10):1234-7.
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Rubinstein D, Escott EJ, Mestek MF. Computed tomographic scans of minimally displaced type II odontoid fractures. J Trauma. 1996 Feb; 40(2):204-10.
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Kingdom TT, Nockels RP, Kaplan MJ. Transoral-transpharyngeal approach to the craniocervical junction. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1995 Oct; 113(4):393-400.
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Gosain AK, McCarthy JG, Pinto RS. Cervicovertebral anomalies and basilar impression in Goldenhar syndrome. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1994 Mar; 93(3):498-506.
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