 Elective Surgical Procedures
"Elective Surgical Procedures" 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.
Surgery which could be postponed or not done at all without danger to the patient. Elective surgery includes procedures to correct non-life-threatening medical problems as well as to alleviate conditions causing psychological stress or other potential risk to patients, e.g., cosmetic or contraceptive surgery.
| Descriptor ID |
D017558
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Elective Surgical Procedures- Elective Surgical Procedures
- Surgical Procedures, Elective
- Procedures, Elective Surgical
- Surgical Procedure, Elective
- Elective Surgical Procedure
- Procedure, Elective Surgical
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2012 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2016 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2018 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Mouawad NJ, Cuff RF, Hultgren R, Chuen J, Galeazzi E, Wohlauer M. The Vascular Surgery COVID-19 Collaborative (VASCC). J Vasc Surg. 2020 07; 72(1):379-380.
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Derington CG, Heath LJ, Kao DP, Delate T. Validation of algorithms to identify elective percutaneous coronary interventions in administrative databases. PLoS One. 2020; 15(4):e0231100.
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Paton M, Kovar A, Colakoglu S, Iorio ML. An Evaluation of Safety and Patient Outcomes for Hand Surgery following Prior Breast Cancer Treatment: Establishing New Recommendations in Lymphedema. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 02; 145(2):459-467.
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Rymer JA, O'Donnell CI, Plomondon ME, Hess PL, Donahue M, Hebert PL, Shroff A, Swaminathan RV, Waldo SW, Seto AH, Helfrich CD, Rao SV. Same-day discharge among patients undergoing elective PCI: Insights from the VA CART Program. Am Heart J. 2019 12; 218:75-83.
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Carmichael H, Moore A, Steward L, Velopulos CG. Using the Social Vulnerability Index to Examine Local Disparities in Emergent and Elective Cholecystectomy. J Surg Res. 2019 11; 243:160-164.
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Prin M, Pan S, Phelps J, Phiri G, Li G, Charles A. Intraoperative Mortality in Malawi. Anesth Analg. 2019 06; 128(6):1286-1291.
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Alshaikh HN, Hicks CW, DiBrito SR, Zarkowsky DS, Siracuse JJ, Malas MB. Elective infrainguinal lower extremity bypass for claudication is associated with high postoperative intensive care utilization. J Vasc Surg. 2019 Jun; 69(6):1863-1873.e1.
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Selzer A, Sarkiss M. Preoperative Pulmonary Evaluation. Med Clin North Am. 2019 May; 103(3):585-599.
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Amin AP, Pinto D, House JA, Rao SV, Spertus JA, Cohen MG, Pancholy S, Salisbury AC, Mamas MA, Frogge N, Singh J, Lasala J, Masoudi FA, Bradley SM, Wasfy JH, Maddox TM, Kulkarni H. Association of Same-Day Discharge After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the United States With Costs and Outcomes. JAMA Cardiol. 2018 11 01; 3(11):1041-1049.
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Selvadurai S, Maynes JT, McDonnell C, Cushing SL, Propst EJ, Lorenzo A, Lim A, Meltzer LJ, Lu Z, Horner RL, Narang I. Evaluating the effects of general anesthesia on sleep in children undergoing elective surgery: an observational case-control study. Sleep. 2018 08 01; 41(8).
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