"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).
| Descriptor ID |
D008141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.900.800.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lordosis" by people in Profiles.
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Surgical Management of Postradiation, Dropped Head Spinal Deformity in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. World Neurosurg. 2021 12; 156:e1-e8.
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Evaluation of a new sagittal classification system in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Eur Spine J. 2020 04; 29(4):744-753.
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Mild achondroplasia/hypochondroplasia with acanthosis nigricans, normal development, and a p.Ser348Cys FGFR3 mutation. Am J Med Genet A. 2017 Apr; 173(4):1097-1101.
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Contribution of Lordotic Correction on C5 Palsy Following Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion. Neurosurgery. 2016 Dec; 79(6):816-822.
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Iliac screw placement in neuromuscular scoliosis using anatomical landmarks and uniplanar anteroposterior fluoroscopic imaging with postoperative CT confirmation. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Jan; 13(1):54-61.