"Lumbar Vertebrae" 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.
VERTEBRAE in the region of the lower BACK below the THORACIC VERTEBRAE and above the SACRAL VERTEBRAE.
| Descriptor ID |
D008159
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.834.519
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2014 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| 2017 | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| 2018 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 | 23 |
| 2020 | 19 | 13 | 32 |
| 2021 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| 2022 | 2 | 16 | 18 |
| 2023 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2024 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2025 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 2026 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lumbar Vertebrae" by people in Profiles.
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What determines patient satisfaction after surgery for grade 2 lumbar spondylolisthesis? A Spine CORe™ analysis of QOD data. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 May 01; 60(5):E19.
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What are the predictors of prolonged length of stay following single-stage lumbar fusion for grade 2 spondylolisthesis? A Spine CORe™ analysis of QOD data. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 May 01; 60(5):E17.
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What factors predict return to work after surgery for grade 1 lumbar spondylolisthesis? A 5-year Spine CORe™ analysis of QOD data. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 May 01; 60(5):E21.
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What are the predictors of nonroutine discharge after surgery for grade 2 lumbar spondylolisthesis? A Spine CORe™ analysis of QOD data. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 May 01; 60(5):E16.
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Is surgery associated with improvement of sleep disturbance in patients with grade 2 lumbar spondylolisthesis? Insights from the Spine CORe™ analysis of QOD data. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 May 01; 60(5):E20.
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Do patients with high ASA classes have sustained benefit 5 years after surgery for grade 2 spondylolisthesis? A Spine CORe™ analysis of QOD data. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 05 01; 60(5):E18.
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Does surgical treatment of grade 2 spondylolisthesis have sustained improvement in postoperative outcomes regardless of age? A Spine CORe™ analysis of QOD data. Neurosurg Focus. 2026 05 01; 60(5):E15.
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Patient-reported outcomes decline after second revision lumbar fusion: a retrospective cohort study. Spine J. 2026 Aug; 26(8):1529-1537.
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Benchmarking of large language models to determine candidacy for spine surgery and comparison with conventional machine learning. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2026 Apr 09; 27(1).
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Proteomic analysis identifies distinct signaling pathways in lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration between type-2 diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Sci Rep. 2026 Mar 26; 16(1).