"Decompression, Surgical" 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.
A surgical operation for the relief of pressure in a body compartment or on a body part. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D019299
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.188
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| Concept/Terms |
Decompression, Surgical- Decompression, Surgical
- Surgical Decompression
- Decompressions, Surgical
- Surgical Decompressions
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Decompression, Surgical" by people in this website by year, and whether "Decompression, Surgical" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decompression, Surgical" by people in Profiles.
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Five-year follow-up after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus decompression alone for grade 1 spondylolisthesis: are there any differences in outcomes? J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Nov 01; 43(5):547-556.
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Concomitant Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis and Cervical Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A U.S. Database Study of Clinical Prevalence, Surgical Intervention, Patient Characteristics, and Postoperative Complications. World Neurosurg. 2025 03; 195:123506.
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Long-term outcomes following posterior fossa decompression in pediatric patients with Chiari malformation type 1, a population-based cohort study. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2024 11 18; 166(1):460.
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Epidural Spinal Cord Compression due to Extramedullary Hematopoiesis: Systematic Review of the Literature with an Illustrative Case. World Neurosurg. 2025 01; 193:119-130.
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The impact of smoking on patient-reported outcomes following lumbar decompression: an analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Jan 01; 42(1):9-14.
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Incidence of revision surgery and patient-reported outcomes within 5 years of the index procedure for grade 1 spondylolisthesis: an analysis from the Quality Outcomes Database spondylolisthesis data. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Jan 01; 42(1):56-61.
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Predictors of patient satisfaction after surgery for grade 1 degenerative spondylolisthesis: a 5-year analysis of the Quality Outcomes Database. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Nov 01; 41(5):658-665.
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Predictors of patient satisfaction in the surgical treatment of cervical spondylotic myelopathy. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Nov 01; 41(5):611-618.
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Minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy versus the anterior transcorporeal approach for cervical radiculopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Oct 01; 41(4):508-518.
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Machine learning for enhanced prognostication: predicting 30-day outcomes following posterior fossa decompression surgery for Chiari malformation type I in a pediatric cohort. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Jul 01; 34(1):57-65.