Spinal Cord Decompression

Preferred Label : Spinal Cord Decompression;

NCIt synonyms : Spinal Decompression Surgery;

NCIt definition : Any of various procedures intended to relieve symptoms caused by pressure on the spinal cord and/or nerve roots.;

Details

Origin ID

C124141;

UMLS CUI

C0408670;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Decompression of spinal cord (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Decompression of spinal cord (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Spinal decompression [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Spinal tumor decompression [MedDRA LLT]
- Spinal tumour decompression [MedDRA LLT]
- Spine decompression [LOINC component]
- decompression of spinal cord, nos [SNOMED Notion]
procedure_has_target_anatomy
- Nervous System [NCIt concept]

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