 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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in this website by year, and whether "Elective Surgical Procedures" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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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 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2011 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2012 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2017 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2019 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2020 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Bartels K, Schacht JP. Cocaine-Positive Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: From Avoiding Case Cancellations to Treating Substance Use Disorders. Anesth Analg. 2021 02 01; 132(2):305-307.
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Wojcik BM, Rajab TK, Newman S, Jaggers J, Mitchell MB. COVID-19 Testing, Surgical Prioritization, and Reactivation in a Congenital Cardiac Surgery Program. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2021 01; 12(1):150-151.
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Hinckel BB, Baumann CA, Ejnisman L, Cavinatto LM, Martusiewicz A, Tanaka MJ, Tompkins M, Sherman SL, Chahla JA, Frank R, Yamamoto GL, Bicos J, Arendt L, Fithian D, Farr J. Evidence-based Risk Stratification for Sport Medicine Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2020 10 01; 4(10):e20.00083.
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Waldo SW, Glorioso TJ, Barón AE, Plomondon ME, Valle JA, Schofield R, Ho PM. Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention at Veterans Affairs and Community Care Hospitals. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 09 01; 76(9):1112-1116.
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Mouawad NJ, Woo K, Malgor RD, Wohlauer MV, Johnson AP, Cuff RF, Coleman DM, Coogan SM, Sheahan MG, Shalhub S. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on vascular surgery practice in the United States. J Vasc Surg. 2021 Mar; 73(3):772-779.e4.
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Carmichael H, Moore A, Steward L, Velopulos CG. Disparities in Emergency Versus Elective Surgery: Comparing Measures of Neighborhood Social Vulnerability. J Surg Res. 2020 12; 256:397-403.
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Stoop TF, Ateeb Z, Ghorbani P, Scholten L, Arnelo U, Besselink MG, Del Chiaro M. Surgical Outcomes After Total Pancreatectomy: A High-Volume Center Experience. Ann Surg Oncol. 2021 Mar; 28(3):1543-1551.
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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, 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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