Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

"Intervertebral Disc Degeneration" 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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Degenerative changes in the INTERVERTEBRAL DISC due to aging or structural damage, especially to the vertebral end-plates.

Descriptor ID	D055959
MeSH Number(s)	C05.116.900.153
Concept/Terms	Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc Degenerations, Intervertebral Disc Disc Degeneration, Intervertebral Disc Degenerations, Intervertebral Intervertebral Disc Degenerations Intervertebral Disk Degeneration Degeneration, Intervertebral Disk Degenerations, Intervertebral Disk Disk Degeneration, Intervertebral Disk Degenerations, Intervertebral Intervertebral Disk Degenerations Disk Degeneration Degeneration, Disk Degenerations, Disk Disk Degenerations Disk Degradation Degradation, Disk Degradations, Disk Disk Degradations Disc Degeneration Degeneration, Disc Degenerations, Disc Disc Degenerations Disc Degradation Degradation, Disc Degradations, Disc Disc Degradations Degenerative Intervertebral Discs Degenerative Intervertebral Discs Degenerative Intervertebral Disc Disc, Degenerative Intervertebral Discs, Degenerative Intervertebral Intervertebral Disc, Degenerative Intervertebral Discs, Degenerative Degenerative Intervertebral Disks Degenerative Intervertebral Disk Disk, Degenerative Intervertebral Disks, Degenerative Intervertebral Intervertebral Disk, Degenerative Intervertebral Disks, Degenerative

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Diseases [C]
Musculoskeletal Diseases [C05]
Bone Diseases [C05.116]
Spinal Diseases [C05.116.900]
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration [C05.116.900.153]

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Bar chart showing 16 publications over 9 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2011	1	2	3
2013	1	0	1
2014	3	1	4
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1
2023	0	1	1
2025	1	0	1

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Zhu Y, Liu Q, Yu C, Zhang H, Zhong J, Wang Y, Mei O, Gerhard E, You W, Shen G, Luo C, Wu X, Li J, Shu Y, Wen Y, Zeb U, Luu HH, Lee MJ, Shi LL, Bi Y, Yang J, Fan J, Reid RR, He TC, Wen L. An Intervertebral Disc (IVD) Regeneration Model Using Human Nucleus Pulposus Cells (iHNPCs) and Annulus Fibrosus Cells (iHAFCs). Adv Healthc Mater. 2025 04; 14(10):e2403742.

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Cannizzaro D, Anania CD, De Robertis M, Pizzi A, Gionso M, Ballabio C, Ubezio MC, Frigerio GM, Battaglia M, Morenghi E, Capo G, Milani D, Attuati L, Tomei M, Riva M, Costa F, Galbusera F, Politi LS, Ortolina A, Fornari M. The lumbar adjacent-level syndrome: analysis of clinical, radiological, and surgical parameters in a large single-center series. J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 10 01; 39(4):479-489.

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Louie PK, Varthi AG, Narain AS, Lei V, Bohl DD, Shifflett GD, Phillips FM. Stand-alone lateral lumbar interbody fusion for the treatment of symptomatic adjacent segment degeneration following previous lumbar fusion. Spine J. 2018 11; 18(11):2025-2032.

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Ahn J, Massel DH, Mayo BC, Hijji FY, Narain AS, Aboushaala K, Bohl DD, Elboghdady IM, DiBattista JV, Singh K. The Utility of Routinely Obtaining Postoperative Laboratory Studies Following a Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2017 Dec; 30(10):E1405-E1410.

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Moses ZB, Chi JH. Genetic Susceptibility for Sciatica and Lumbar Disc Herniation. Neurosurgery. 2017 07 01; 81(1):N13-N14.

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Narain AS, Hijji FY, Yom KH, Kudaravalli KT, Singh K. Cervical disc arthroplasty: do conflicts of interest influence the outcome of clinical studies? Spine J. 2017 07; 17(7):1026-1032.

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Ghogawala Z, Resnick DK, Glassman SD, Dziura J, Shaffrey CI, Mummaneni PV. Randomized controlled trials for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: which patients benefit from lumbar fusion? J Neurosurg Spine. 2017 Feb; 26(2):260-266.

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Street JT, Andrew Glennie R, Dea N, DiPaola C, Wang Z, Boyd M, Paquette SJ, Kwon BK, Dvorak MF, Fisher CG. A comparison of the Wiltse versus midline approaches in degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Sep; 25(3):332-8.

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Burke SM, Hwang SW, Mehan WA, Bedi HS, Ogbuji R, Riesenburger RI. Reliability of the modified Tufts Lumbar Degenerative Disc Classification between neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists. J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jul; 29:111-6.

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Cuellar JM, Stauff MP, Herzog RJ, Carrino JA, Baker GA, Carragee EJ. Does provocative discography cause clinically important injury to the lumbar intervertebral disc? A 10-year matched cohort study. Spine J. 2016 Mar; 16(3):273-80.

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