Lordosis

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	C05.116.900.800.750
Concept/Terms	Lordosis Lordosis

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Diseases [C]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Bone Diseases [C05.116]
Spinal Diseases [C05.116.900]
Spinal Curvatures [C05.116.900.800]
Lordosis [C05.116.900.800.750]

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Bar chart showing 78 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2003	2	1	3
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2011	0	2	2
2012	0	2	2
2013	3	2	5
2014	1	3	4
2015	1	1	2
2016	3	0	3
2017	1	2	3
2018	2	1	3
2019	1	4	5
2020	3	2	5
2021	3	1	4
2022	14	0	14
2023	10	1	11
2024	4	1	5
2025	2	0	2

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Pennington Z, Hamouda A, Martini M, Kumar R, Mikula AL, Potes MA, Bydon M, Clarke MJ, Krauss WE, Nassr AN, Freedman BA, Sebastian AS, Fogelson JL, Elder BD. Comparison of Sagittal Plane Correction With "Bullet" Versus "Banana" Type Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Devices. Oper Neurosurg. 2025 Nov 01; 29(5):624-632.

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Mikula AL, Pennington Z, Hamouda AM, Nassr A, Freedman B, Sebastian AS, Elder BD, Fogelson JL. Maintenance of intraoperative correction with multi-rod constructs in adult long construct spine fusion surgery. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2025 Feb; 249:108729.

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Hariharan AR, Bryan T, Nugraha HK, Feldman DS, Louer CR, Vorhies JS, Newton PO, Shah SA, Shufflebarger HL, Fletcher ND, Lonner BS, Kelly MP. Impact of Surgical Upper Lumbar Changes on Unfused Lower Lumbar Segments in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Oct 15; 50(20):1435-1443.

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Lambrechts MJ, Heard JC, D'Antonio ND, Lee Y, Narayanan R, Ezeonu T, Breyer G, Paulik J, Somers S, Labarbiera AJ, Canseco JA, Kurd MF, Kaye ID, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. Preoperative Radiographic Predictors of Subsequent Fusion After Lumbar Decompression Surgery. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Nov 15; 49(22):1598-1606.

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Levy HA, Pumford A, Kelley B, Allen TG, Pinter ZW, Girdler SJ, Bydon M, Fogelson JL, Elder BD, Currier B, Nassr AN, Karamian BA, Freedman BA, Sebastian AS. Unilateral versus bilateral pedicle screw fixation with anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a comparison of postoperative outcomes. Eur Spine J. 2024 Sep; 33(9):3476-3483.

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Narayanan R, Ezeonu T, Kellish A, Somers S, Lee Y, Khanna A, Labarbiera A, Fras S, Canseco JA, Kurd MF, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Kepler C, Schroeder GD. Does Paraspinal Muscle Mass Predict Lumbar Lordosis Before and After Decompression for Degenerative Spinal Stenosis? Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Jan 15; 50(2):E29-E35.

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Lindsey MH, Lightsey HM, Xiong GX, Goh B, Simpson AK, Hershman SH. What Happens to Sagittal Alignment Following Laminoplasty Versus Laminectomy and Fusion? World Neurosurg. 2024 04; 184:e211-e218.

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Munim MA, Nolte MT, Federico VP, Vucicevic RS, Butler AJ, Zavras AG, Walsh JM, Phillips FM, Colman MW. The Effect of Intraoperative Prone Position on Psoas Morphology and Great Vessel Anatomy: Consequences for Prone Lateral Approach to the Lumbar Spine. World Neurosurg. 2024 01; 181:e578-e588.

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Lee Y, Heard JC, McCurdy MA, Lambrechts MJ, Fras SI, Purtill W, Millar B, Kolowrat S, Issa TZ, D'Antonio ND, Rihn JA, Kurd MF, Kaye ID, Canseco JA, Vaccaro AR, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Schroeder GD. Radiographic and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Anteriorly Placed Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Cage Versus Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion With Posterior Instrumentation. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2024 Aug 01; 49(15):1078-1084.

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Federico VP, Zavras AG, Nie JW, Butler AJ, Munim MA, Nolte MT, Lopez GD, An HS, Colman MW, Phillips FM. Does disc distraction after cervical total disc arthroplasty impact range of motion and patient-reported outcomes? J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 09 01; 39(3):335-344.

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