Table 5.
High-frequency major MeSH terms from the involved publications on spinal stenosis (n = 23,785).
| Rank | Major MeSH terms/ MeSH subheadings | Frequency | Proportion of frequency (%) | Cumulative percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spinal stenosis/surgery | 1,998 | 8.4003 | 8.4003 |
| 2 | Lumbar vertebrae/surgery | 1,182 | 4.9695 | 13.3698 |
| 3 | Spinal stenosis/diagnosis | 535 | 2.2493 | 15.6191 |
| 4 | Decompression, surgical/methods | 472 | 1.9844 | 17.6035 |
| 5 | Spinal stenosis/complications | 397 | 1.6691 | 19.2727 |
| 6 | Spinal fusion/methods | 377 | 1.5850 | 20.8577 |
| 7 | Spinal stenosis/diagnostic imaging | 361 | 1.5178 | 22.3754 |
| 8 | Lumbar vertebrae | 345 | 1.4505 | 23.8259 |
| 9 | Cervical vertebrae/surgery | 284 | 1.1940 | 25.0200 |
| 10 | Lumbar vertebrae/pathology | 278 | 1.1688 | 26.1888 |
| 11 | Spinal stenosis/etiology | 268 | 1.1268 | 27.3155 |
| 12 | Laminectomy/methods | 247 | 1.0385 | 28.3540 |
| 13 | Spondylolisthesis/surgery | 240 | 1.0090 | 29.3630 |
| 14 | Intervertebral disc displacement/surgery | 240 | 1.0090 | 30.3721 |
| 15 | Spinal stenosis/pathology | 237 | 0.9964 | 31.3685 |
| 16 | Spinal stenosis/therapy | 232 | 0.9754 | 32.3439 |
| 17 | Spinal stenosis/physiopathology | 214 | 0.8997 | 33.2436 |
| 18 | Lumbar vertebrae/diagnostic imaging | 210 | 0.8829 | 34.1266 |
| 19 | Magnetic resonance Imaging | 181 | 0.7610 | 34.8875 |
| 20 | Decompression, Surgical | 170 | 0.7147 | 35.6023 |
| 21 | Magnetic resonance imaging/methods | 159 | 0.6685 | 36.2708 |
| 22 | Tomography, X-Ray computed | 150 | 0.6306 | 36.9014 |
| 23 | Spinal stenosis/drug therapy | 138 | 0.5802 | 37.4816 |
| 24 | Spinal fusion/instrumentation | 135 | 0.5676 | 38.0492 |
| 25 | Spinal fusion | 134 | 0.5634 | 38.6126 |
| 26 | Spinal fusion/adverse effects | 127 | 0.5339 | 39.1465 |
| 27 | Spinal cord compression/surgery | 125 | 0.5255 | 39.6721 |
| 28 | Laminectomy | 120 | 0.5045 | 40.1766 |
| 29 | Decompression, surgical/adverse effects | 116 | 0.4877 | 40.6643 |
| 30 | Spinal diseases/surgery | 109 | 0.4583 | 41.1226 |
| 31 | Cervical vertebrae/pathology | 107 | 0.4499 | 41.5724 |
| 32 | Spinal stenosis/epidemiology | 105 | 0.4415 | 42.0139 |
| 33 | Minimally invasive surgical procedures/methods | 101 | 0.4246 | 42.4385 |
| 34 | Cervical vertebrae/diagnostic imaging | 96 | 0.4036 | 42.8421 |
| 35 | Lumbar vertebrae/physiopathology | 94 | 0.3952 | 43.2373 |
| 36 | Cervical vertebrae | 86 | 0.3616 | 43.5989 |
| 37 | Postoperative complications/etiology | 84 | 0.3532 | 43.9521 |
| 38 | Intervertebral disc degeneration/surgery | 80 | 0.3363 | 44.2884 |
| 39 | Spinal stenosis/veterinary | 78 | 0.3279 | 44.6164 |
| 40 | Spinal cord compression/etiology | 77 | 0.3237 | 44.9401 |
| 41 | Laminectomy/adverse effects | 77 | 0.3237 | 45.2638 |
| 42 | Low back pain/surgery | 76 | 0.3195 | 45.5834 |
| 43 | Prostheses and implants | 72 | 0.3027 | 45.8861 |
| 44 | Thoracic vertebrae/surgery | 68 | 0.2859 | 46.1720 |
| 45 | Ligamentum flavum/pathology | 66 | 0.2775 | 46.4494 |
| 46 | Intervertebral disc displacement/diagnosis | 63 | 0.2649 | 46.7143 |
| 47 | Spinal diseases/diagnosis | 62 | 0.2607 | 46.9750 |
| 48 | Spondylosis/surgery | 61 | 0.2565 | 47.2314 |
| 49 | Quality of life | 61 | 0.2565 | 47.4879 |
| 50 | Spinal stenosis/rehabilitation | 59 | 0.2481 | 47.7360 |
| 51 | Spinal canal/surgery | 59 | 0.2481 | 47.9840 |
| 52 | Internal fixators | 58 | 0.2439 | 48.2279 |
| 53 | Decompression, surgical/instrumentation | 58 | 0.2439 | 48.4717 |
| 54 | Spinal osteophytosis/surgery | 57 | 0.2396 | 48.7114 |
| 55 | Spinal canal/pathology | 56 | 0.2354 | 48.9468 |
| 56 | Lumbar vertebrae/injuries | 56 | 0.2354 | 49.1823 |
| 57 | Low back pain/etiology | 56 | 0.2354 | 49.4177 |