"Ligamentum Flavum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The paired bands of yellow elastic tissue that connect adjoining laminae of the vertebrae. With the laminae, it forms the posterior wall of the spinal canal and helps hold the body erect.
| Descriptor ID |
D017843
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.513.514.287 A02.835.583.512.287 A10.165.669.514.287
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| Concept/Terms |
Ligamentum Flavum- Ligamentum Flavum
- Ligamenta Flava
- Flaval Ligament
- Flaval Ligaments
- Ligament, Flaval
- Ligaments, Flaval
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ligamentum Flavum" by people in Profiles.
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Limthongkul W, Tanasansomboon T, Yingsakmongkol W, Tanaviriyachai T, Radcliff K, Singhatanadgige W. Indirect Decompression Effect to Central Canal and Ligamentum Flavum After Extreme Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion and Oblique Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Sep 01; 45(17):E1077-E1084.
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Radcliff K, Su BW, Kepler CK, Rubin T, Shimer AL, Rihn JA, Harrop JA, Albert TJ, Vaccaro AR. Correlation of posterior ligamentous complex injury and neurological injury to loss of vertebral body height, kyphosis, and canal compromise. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Jun 01; 37(13):1142-50.
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Vaccaro AR, Rihn JA, Saravanja D, Anderson DG, Hilibrand AS, Albert TJ, Fehlings MG, Morrison W, Flanders AE, France JC, Arnold P, Anderson PA, Friel B, Malfair D, Street J, Kwon B, Paquette S, Boyd M, Dvorak MF, Fisher C. Injury of the posterior ligamentous complex of the thoracolumbar spine: a prospective evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Nov 01; 34(23):E841-7.