"Occipital Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D009777
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.572
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| Concept/Terms |
Occipital Bone- Occipital Bone
- Bone, Occipital
- Bones, Occipital
- Occipital Bones
Basilar Bone- Basilar Bone
- Basilar Bones
- Bone, Basilar
- Bones, Basilar
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Occipital Bone" by people in Profiles.
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Janjua MB, Hwang SW, Samdani AF, Pahys JM, Baaj AA, H?rtl R, Greenfield JP. Instrumented arthrodesis for non-traumatic craniocervical instability in very young children. Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 01; 35(1):97-106.
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Sitoula P, Mackenzie WG, Shah SA, Thacker M, Ditro C, Holmes L, Campbell JW, Rogers KJ. Occipitocervical fusion in skeletal dysplasia: a new surgical technique. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Jul 01; 39(15):E912-8.
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Denaro V, Di Martino A. Cervical spine surgery: an historical perspective. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Mar; 469(3):639-48.
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Winegar CD, Lawrence JP, Friel BC, Fernandez C, Hong J, Maltenfort M, Anderson PA, Vaccaro AR. A systematic review of occipital cervical fusion: techniques and outcomes. J Neurosurg Spine. 2010 Jul; 13(1):5-16.
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Singh H, Harrop J, Schiffmacher P, Rosen M, Evans J. Ventral surgical approaches to craniovertebral junction chordomas. Neurosurgery. 2010 Mar; 66(3 Suppl):96-103.
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Piatt JH, Iocono JA. A late result of an early operation for unilateral coronal synostosis. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2003 Jun; 38(6):334-7.