Foraminotomy
"Foraminotomy" 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.
Surgical enlargement of the intervertebral foramina to relieve NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION.
| Descriptor ID |
D059526
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.525.305
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Foraminotomy" by people in Profiles.
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Witiw CD, Smieliauskas F, O'Toole JE, Fehlings MG, Fessler RG. Comparison of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion to Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy: Utilization, Costs, and Adverse Events 2003 to 2014. Neurosurgery. 2019 02 01; 84(2):413-420.
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Stone JL, Arnold PM, Chowdhry SA, Charbel F. Robert W. Williams: Forgotten Pioneer of Spinal ?icrosurgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Aug 15; 41(16):E1005-E1008.
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Lawton CD, Smith ZA, Lam SK, Habib A, Wong RH, Fessler RG. Clinical outcomes of microendoscopic foraminotomy and decompression in the cervical spine. World Neurosurg. 2014 Feb; 81(2):422-7.