 Spinal Fusion
"Spinal Fusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Operative immobilization or ankylosis of two or more vertebrae by fusion of the vertebral bodies with a short bone graft or often with diskectomy or laminectomy. (From Blauvelt & Nelson, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 5th ed, p236; Dorland, 28th ed)
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D013123
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.555.100.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Spinal Fusion- Spinal Fusion
- Fusion, Spinal
- Fusions, Spinal
- Spinal Fusions
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2011 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2016 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2018 | 12 | 1 | 13 | | 2019 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2020 | 11 | 5 | 16 | | 2021 | 14 | 2 | 16 | | 2022 | 24 | 0 | 24 | | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2024 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spinal Fusion" by people in Profiles.
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Shen P, De S, Keeter C, Hadley-Miller N, Erickson M. Hip pain after spinopelvic fusion in pediatric neuromuscular scoliosis. Eur Spine J. 2025 Oct; 34(10):4323-4332.
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Hadden WJ, Fene E, Klinkerman L, Ma Y, Jo C, Christie MR, Brooks JT, Johnston C, Johnson M. The Effect of Traction and Spinal Cord Morphology on Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Alerts in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 May 23; 107(14):1598-1603.
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Pezzanite LM, Nelson BB, Downey AC, Gadomski B, McGilvray K, Baer K, Kappel SM, Nout-Lomas Y, Seim HB, Easley JT. Ex vivo biomechanical comparison of pedicle screw and rod constructs with and without interbody fusion devices for equine cervical vertebral stabilization. Vet Surg. 2025 Apr; 54(3):610-620.
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Fletcher ND, Harris H, Fabregas J, Vorhies JS, Sponseller PD, Lonner BA, George SG, Garg S, Lovejoy JF, Vitale MG, Ramo BA, El-Hawary R, Jain VV, Bauer JM. Delayed-Onset Neurologic Changes Following Posterior Spinal Fusion: A Case Series. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2025 Apr 02; 107(7):e24.
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Todderud J, Milbrandt T, Baroncini A, Petcharaporn M, Marks M, Hoernschemeyer D, Newton P, Parent S, Alanay A, Miyanji F, Lonner B, Neal K, Yaszay B, Blakemore L, Shah S, Haber L, Samdani A, Larson AN. Outcomes and complications of vertebral body tethering by patient gender. Spine Deform. 2025 May; 13(3):717-728.
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Jackson TJ, Shah SA, Shufflebarger HL, Sucato DJ, Garg S, Sponseller P, Clements D, Fletcher ND, Newton PO, Samdani AF, Larson AN. High-density and moderate-density implant constructs for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis have equivalent clinical and radiographic outcomes at 2 years. Spine Deform. 2025 May; 13(3):773-787.
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Hirpara A, Ackert-Bicknell CL, Patel VV. Impact of Low-density Lipoprotein Levels on Rates of Pseudarthrosis After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Mar 01; 50(5):294-303.
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Ortiz Torres MJ, Ravipati K, Smith CJ, Norby K, Pleitez J, Galicich W, Bergman T, Roark C, Siddiq F. Outcomes for standalone anterolateral corpectomy for thoracolumbar burst fractures. Neurosurg Rev. 2024 Oct 24; 47(1):816.
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Li J, Jia S, Li D, Chow L, Zhang Q, Yang Y, Bai X, Qu Q, Gao Y, Li Z, Li Z, Shi R, Zhang B, Huang Y, Pan X, Hu Y, Gao Z, Zhou J, Park W, Huang X, Chu H, Chen Z, Li H, Wu P, Zhao G, Yao K, Hadzipasic M, Bernstock JD, Shankar GM, Nan K, Yu X, Traverso G. Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants. Nat Commun. 2024 09 06; 15(1):7800.
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Hipp JA, Mikhael MM, Reitman CA, Buser Z, Patel VV, Chaput CD, Ghiselli G, DeVine J, Berven S, Nunley P, Grieco TF. Diagnosis of spine pseudoarthrosis based on the biomechanical properties of bone. Spine J. 2024 Dec; 24(12):2407-2416.
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