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ACDF Oblique Annotated English
ACDF may refer to: * Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, a common surgical procedure * Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith The Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (ACDF), commonly referred to as the Archive of the Inquisition (or more fully the Archive of the Inquisition and Index), contains the Catholic Church's documents dealing with doctrinal ..., the Catholic Church's documents dealing with doctrinal and theological issues related to church teaching * Aeronautique Club de France, a French flying club based on Meaux-Esbly airfield, France, and created in 1897 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion
Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a surgical procedure to treat nerve root or spinal cord compression by decompressing the spinal cord and nerve roots of the cervical spine with a discectomy, followed by inter-vertebral fusion to stabilize the corresponding vertebrae. This procedure is used when other non-surgical treatments have failed. Medical uses ACDF is used to treat serious pain from a nerve root that has become inflamed. This can be caused by: 1. a herniated disc when other non-surgical treatments have failed. The nucleus pulposus (the jelly-like center of the disc) of the herniated disc bulges out through the annulus (surrounding wall) and presses on the nerve root next to it. 2. degenerative disc disease (spondylosis). The disc consists of about 80% water. When one grows older, the disc starts to dry out and shrink, causing small tears in the annulus and inflammation of the nerve root. Contraindications Bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP) should not be ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archive Of The Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith
The Archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (ACDF), commonly referred to as the Archive of the Inquisition (or more fully the Archive of the Inquisition and Index), contains the Catholic Church's documents dealing with doctrinal and theological issues related to church teaching. It also contains information on political trials that were carried out when the papacy had temporal power over the Papal States. Origins According to most sources, the archive that is now the archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was founded in the sixteenth century – most likely in 1542 when Pope Paul III first established the Roman Inquisition as a central body for Church doctrine at the beginning of the Counter-Reformation. The Index of Forbidden Books was founded in 1571. Before this, there was no centralised means for collecting Inquisition papers, and it is generally believed that all or almost all important documents have been lost or even deliberately destroye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
