Biomaterial Database

Occipitocervical fusion. 2010

Kuniyoshi Abumi, and Ashwin Avadhani, and Abhishek Manu, and S Rajasekaran

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007593	Joint Instability	Lack of stability of a joint or joint prosthesis.	Hypermobility, Joint,Instability, Joint,Laxity, Joint,Hypermobilities, Joint,Instabilities, Joint,Joint Hypermobilities,Joint Hypermobility,Joint Instabilities,Joint Laxities,Joint Laxity,Laxities, Joint
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009777	Occipital Bone	Part of the back and base of the CRANIUM that encloses the FORAMEN MAGNUM.	Basilar Bone,Basilar Bones,Bone, Basilar,Bone, Occipital,Bones, Basilar,Bones, Occipital,Occipital Bones
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D001863	Bone Screws	Specialized devices used in ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY to repair bone fractures.	Bone Screw,Screw, Bone,Screws, Bone
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001269	Atlanto-Occipital Joint	The point of articulation between the OCCIPITAL BONE and the CERVICAL ATLAS.	Atloido-Occipital Joint,Atlanto Occipital Joint,Atlanto-Occipital Joints,Atloido Occipital Joint,Atloido-Occipital Joints,Joint, Atlanto-Occipital,Joint, Atloido-Occipital,Joints, Atlanto-Occipital,Joints, Atloido-Occipital
D001270	Cervical Atlas	The first cervical vertebra.	Atlas, Cervical,Arcuate Foramen,C1 Vertebra,Kimmerle Anomaly,Ponticulus Posterior of the Atlas,Ponticulus Posticus,Anomaly, Kimmerle,C1 Vertebras,Vertebra, C1,Vertebras, C1
D013117	Spinal Cord Compression	Acute and chronic conditions characterized by external mechanical compression of the SPINAL CORD due to extramedullary neoplasm; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; bony deformities of the vertebral bodies; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations vary with the anatomic site of the lesion and may include localized pain, weakness, sensory loss, incontinence, and impotence.	Conus Medullaris Syndrome,Myelopathy, Compressive,Extramedullary Spinal Cord Compression,Spinal Cord Compression, Extramedullary,Compression, Spinal Cord,Compressions, Spinal Cord,Compressive Myelopathy,Conus Medullaris Syndromes,Spinal Cord Compressions,Syndrome, Conus Medullaris,Syndromes, Conus Medullaris