Cervical Vertebrae

"Cervical Vertebrae" 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.

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The first seven VERTEBRAE of the SPINAL COLUMN, which correspond to the VERTEBRAE of the NECK.

Descriptor ID	D002574
MeSH Number(s)	A02.835.232.834.151
Concept/Terms	Cervical Vertebrae Cervical Vertebrae Vertebrae, Cervical

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Anatomy [A]
Musculoskeletal System [A02]
Skeleton [A02.835]
Bone and Bones [A02.835.232]
Spine [A02.835.232.834]
Cervical Vertebrae [A02.835.232.834.151]

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Bar chart showing 611 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 56 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	4	1	5
1997	9	3	12
1998	12	2	14
1999	12	1	13
2000	7	4	11
2001	9	1	10
2002	10	3	13
2003	3	5	8
2004	6	4	10
2005	9	7	16
2006	16	2	18
2007	8	4	12
2008	10	8	18
2009	9	3	12
2010	9	7	16
2011	18	8	26
2012	14	8	22
2013	17	7	24
2014	16	5	21
2015	23	8	31
2016	20	6	26
2017	19	7	26
2018	13	10	23
2019	24	6	30
2020	20	21	41
2021	8	21	29
2022	8	48	56
2023	3	21	24
2024	36	5	41
2025	3	0	3

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Sarikonda A, Sami A, Self DM, Isch E, Zavitsanos A, Fuleihan AA, Khan A, Dougherty C, Quraishi D, Jallo J, Heller J, Prasad SK, Sharan A, Harrop J, Vaccaro AR, Sivaganesan A. Are Mildly Disabled Patients Appropriate for Spine Bundles? An Application of the Operative Value Index. World Neurosurg. 2025 04; 196:123797.

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Narayanan R, Dalton J, Bransford R, Dvorak MR, Singh Chhabra H, Joaquim AF, El-Sharkawi M, Benneker LM, Schnake K, Oner C, Dandurand C, Canseco JA, Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD. Validating the Hierarchical Nature of the AO Spine Upper Cervical Spine Injury Classification System. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jul 15; 50(14):956-964.

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Miller M, DiCiurcio WT, Meade M, Buchan L, Gleimer J, Woods B, Kepler C. Appropriateness and Consistency of an Online Artificial Intelligence System's Response to Common Questions Regarding Cervical Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2025 12 01; 38(10):498-505.

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Lambrechts MJ, Issa TZ, Lee Y, McCurdy MA, Siegel N, Toci GR, Sherman M, Baker S, Becsey A, Christianson A, Nanavati R, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. Community-level Socioeconomic Status Is a Poor Predictor of Outcomes Following Lumbar and Cervical Spine Surgery. Clin Spine Surg. 2025 04 01; 38(3):132-140.

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Gonzalez GA, Corso K, Porto G, Ruppenkamp J, Miao J, Franco D, Hines K, O'Leary M, Thalheimer S, Harrop J. Utilization of Neuromonitoring in Surgical Cervical Spondylosis Patients With the Presence or Absence of Myelopathy: Is It Standard? Clin Spine Surg. 2025 Jul 01; 38(6):E349-E357.

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Falconiero T, Viola A, LaGreca M, Yeung CM, Rihn J. Phrenic Nerve Palsy After Posterior Cervical Fusion: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Clin Spine Surg. 2025 06 01; 38(5):217-223.

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Monroig-Rivera C, Okonta I, Bauer JM, Jain A, Miyanji F, Parent S, Newton P, Upasani VS, Cahill P, Sucato D, Sponseller PD, Samdani A, McLean D, Brooks JT. Should the C7-T1 Junction Be Feared? The Effect of a T1 Upper Instrumented Vertebra on Development of Proximal Junctional Kyphosis. Spine Deform. 2025 Mar; 13(2):595-601.

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Hu Z, Patel M, Ball RL, Lin HM, Prevedello LM, Naseri M, Mathur S, Moreland R, Wilson J, Witiw C, Yeom KW, Ha Q, Hanley D, Seferbekov S, Chen H, Singer P, Henkel C, Pfeiffer P, Pan I, Sheoran H, Li W, Flanders AE, Kitamura FC, Richards T, Talbott J, Sejdic E, Colak E. Assessing the Performance of Models from the 2022 RSNA Cervical Spine Fracture Detection Competition at a Level I Trauma Center. Radiol Artif Intell. 2024 11; 6(6):e230550.

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Leibold A, Glener S, Sarikonda A, Sami A, Self DM, Quraishi D, Ali DM, Isch EL, Heller J, Jallo J, Prasad SK, Sharan A, Vaccaro AR, Harrop J, Sivaganesan A. What is the True Cost of Motion Preservation? A Time-Driven Activity-Based Cost Analysis of Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion versus Disc Replacement. World Neurosurg. 2024 12; 192:e506-e512.

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Dalton J, Huang R, Narayanan R, Kaye ID, Kepler CK. Operative Timing in Cervical Spine Trauma. Clin Spine Surg. 2024 11 01; 37(9):388-394.

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