"Osteophyte" 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.
Bony outgrowth usually found around joints and often seen in conditions such as ARTHRITIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054850
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.540.310.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteophyte- Osteophyte
- Osteophytes
- Bone Spur
- Bone Spurs
- Spur, Bone
- Spurs, Bone
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteophyte" by people in Profiles.
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Arthroscopic Central Acetabular Decompression: Clinical Outcomes at Minimum 2-Year Follow-up Using a Matched-Pair Analysis. Arthroscopy. 2016 10; 32(10):2092-2101.
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Prevention of nerve injury during arthroscopic capsulectomy of the elbow utilizing a safety-driven strategy. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Aug 07; 95(15):1373-81.
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Tissue properties of the human vertebral body sub-structures evaluated by means of microindentation. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2013 Sep; 25:23-32.
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Quantitative measurement of syndesmophyte volume and height in ankylosing spondylitis using CT. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Mar; 73(3):544-50.