"Lordosis" 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.
The anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = POSTURE + SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL).
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lordosis" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Lordosis" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Lordosis" by people in Profiles.
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Lack of correlation between hip osteoarthritis and anatomical spinopelvic parameters obtained in supine position on MRI. Injury. 2023 Feb; 54(2):525-532.
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The Relationship Among Surgeon Experience, Complications, and Radiographic Outcomes in Spine Deformity Surgery: The Experience of a Junior Surgeon. World Neurosurg. 2022 12; 168:e399-e407.
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Development of Risk Stratification Predictive Models for Cervical Deformity Surgery. Neurosurgery. 2022 12 01; 91(6):928-935.
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Importance of physiological age in determining indications for adult spinal deformity surgery in patients over 75 years of age: a propensity score matching analysis. Eur Spine J. 2022 11; 31(11):3060-3068.
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Crossing the Bridge From Degeneration to Deformity: When Does Sagittal Correction Impact Outcomes in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Feb 01; 48(3):E25-E32.
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Trends in Outcomes of a Prospective Consecutively Enrolled Single-Center Adult Cervical Deformity Series. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2022 Dec 15; 47(24):1694-1700.
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Three-Column Osteotomy in Adult Spinal Deformity: An Analysis of Temporal Trends in Usage and Outcomes. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2022 Nov 02; 104(21):1895-1904.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Inadequate to Assess Cervical Sagittal Alignment Parameters. Clin Spine Surg. 2023 03 01; 36(2):E70-E74.
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The Additional Economic Burden of Frailty in Adult Cervical Deformity Patients Undergoing Surgical Intervention. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2022 10 15; 47(20):1418-1425.
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The Impact of Upper Cervical Spine Alignment on Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2022 07 01; 35(6):E539-E545.