 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 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2011 | 9 | 2 | 11 | | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2016 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2018 | 11 | 0 | 11 | | 2019 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2020 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2021 | 11 | 1 | 12 | | 2022 | 18 | 0 | 18 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 10 | 1 | 11 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spinal Fusion" by people in Profiles.
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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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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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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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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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Laynes RA, Aravindan S, Wharton B, Layne JE, Kleck CJ, Patel VV. Injury to the Superior Gluteal Artery During Minimally Invasive Sacroiliac Joint Fusion: A Case Series. JBJS Case Connect. 2024 Jul 01; 14(3).
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O'Brien EM, Neiswinter N, Lin KY, Lynch D, Baldwin K, Profeta V, Flynn JM, Muhly WT. Perioperative management and outcomes for posterior spinal fusion in patients with Friedreich ataxia: A single-center, retrospective study. Paediatr Anaesth. 2024 07; 34(7):654-661.
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Patel V, Wind JJ, Aleem I, Lansford T, Weinstein MA, Vokshoor A, Campbell PG, Beaumont A, Hassanzadeh H, Radcliff K, Matheus V, Coric D. Adjunctive Use of Bone Growth Stimulation Increases Cervical Spine Fusion Rates in Patients at Risk for Pseudarthrosis. Clin Spine Surg. 2024 May 01; 37(4):124-130.
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Yahanda AT, Koueik J, Ackerman LL, Adelson PD, Albert GW, Aldana PR, Alden TD, Anderson RCE, Bauer DF, Bethel-Anderson T, Bierbrauer K, Brockmeyer DL, Chern JJ, Couture DE, Daniels DJ, Dlouhy BJ, Durham SR, Ellenbogen RG, Eskandari R, Fuchs HE, Grant GA, Graupman PC, Greene S, Greenfield JP, Gross NL, Guillaume DJ, Hankinson TC, Heuer GG, Iantosca M, Iskandar BJ, Jackson EM, Jallo GI, Johnston JM, Kaufman BA, Keating RF, Khan NR, Krieger MD, Leonard JR, Maher CO, Mangano FT, Martin J, McComb JG, McEvoy SD, Meehan T, Menezes AH, Muhlbauer MS, O'Neill BR, Olavarria G, Ragheb J, Selden NR, Shah MN, Shannon CN, Shimony JS, Smyth MD, Stone SSD, Strahle JM, Tamber MS, Torner JC, Tuite GF, Tyler-Kabara EC, Wait SD, Wellons JC, Whitehead WE, Park TS, Limbrick DD, Ahmed R. The role of occipital condyle and atlas anomalies on occipital cervical fusion outcomes in Chiari malformation type I with syringomyelia: a study from the Park-Reeves Syringomyelia Research Consortium. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 34(1):66-74.
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