"Decompression" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Decompression external to the body, most often the slow lessening of external pressure on the whole body (especially in caisson workers, deep sea divers, and persons who ascend to great heights) to prevent DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS. It includes also sudden accidental decompression, but not surgical (local) decompression or decompression applied through body openings.
| Descriptor ID |
D003664
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.278 G01.374.715.250
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Decompression" by people in Profiles.
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Ropivacaine-Epinephrine-Clonidine-Ketorolac Cocktail as a Local Anesthetic for Lumbar Decompression Surgery: A Single Institutional Experience. World Neurosurg. 2023 Aug; 176:e515-e520.
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Safety and efficacy of percutaneous transabdominal and transesophageal decompression gastric catheters for palliation of malignant bowel obstruction. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 09; 46(9):4489-4498.
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Management of an expansile orbital mass: Plexiform neurofibroma decompression by orbitozygomatic approach. Laryngoscope. 2015 Nov; 125(11):2457-60.
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Routine nasogastric suction may be unnecessary after a pancreatic resection. HPB (Oxford). 2011 Nov; 13(11):792-6.
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A model for influence of exercise on formation and growth of tissue bubbles during altitude decompression. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2000 Dec; 279(6):R2304-16.
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Cervical spondylotic myelopathy with syringomyelia. Br J Neurosurg. 1996 Aug; 10(4):413-5.