"Decompression, Surgical" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decompression, Surgical" by people in Profiles.
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Pupil-sparing Isolated Inferior Rectus Paresis Due to Compression of the Oculomotor Nerve by the Posterior Cerebral Artery. Intern Med. 2025 May 15; 64(10):1581-1585.
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Association between social determinants of health and select neurosurgical procedures in the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2024 Dec 01; 34(6):601-609.
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Orbital decompression following treatment with teprotumumab for thyroid eye disease. Can J Ophthalmol. 2025 Feb; 60(1):e59-e64.
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Cauda equina syndrome with surgical intervention in pregnancy during the periviable period. Spinal Cord Ser Cases. 2024 05 11; 10(1):35.
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Social impairment and snoring: a unique presentation of pediatric Chiari I malformation. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022 12 01; 18(12):2867-2870.
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Hemorrhage due to a pseudoaneurysm on a dural-pial anastomosis after decompression for Chiari malformation type I: case report. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2022 12; 164(12):3215-3219.
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Left Heart Decompression on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support and Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2021 12 01; 22(12):e599-e604.
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Spinal cord compression revealing metastatic cancer. Am J Med Sci. 2022 06; 363(6):e56-e57.
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Transthoracic Robotic First and Cervical Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Ann Surg. 2023 06 01; 277(6):e1215-e1216.
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Improvement of Disability in Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome by Robotic First Rib Resection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 09; 114(3):919-925.