 General Surgery
"General Surgery" 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.
A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities.
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D013502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.300
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "General Surgery" by people in this website by year, and whether "General Surgery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 9 | 1 | 10 | | 2011 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2012 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2015 | 11 | 1 | 12 | | 2016 | 12 | 2 | 14 | | 2017 | 17 | 0 | 17 | | 2018 | 10 | 1 | 11 | | 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2020 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2024 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "General Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Wilhelm S, Nida JT, Ivascu F, Nguyen N, Novotny NM. Characterizing Attending Feedback Styles in General Surgery: A Residency-Wide Survey and Needs Assessment. J Surg Educ. 2026 03; 83(3):103835.
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Howard KK, Makki H, Mi M, Novotny NM, Nguyen N. The value of simulation for training general surgery novices in robotic surgery: a systematic review. J Robot Surg. 2025 Nov 08; 19(1):763.
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Applegarth J, Brummett A, Morton J, Novotny NM, Nguyen N. Intraoperative code status: Moving from misinformation to respect for patient autonomy. Surgery. 2026 Jan; 189:109822.
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Chen JH, Keyes SA, DeGregorio V, Gardner AK. Enhancing Perceptions of Social Support and Belonging in Surgery Residency Programs. J Surg Educ. 2025 09; 82(9):103612.
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Rosen JE, Chen S, Britt R, Fox A, Downard C, Moalem J. Goal-Oriented Surgical Mentoring Yields Long-Term Benefits for Both Mentor and Mentee. Am Surg. 2026 Jan; 92(1):209-215.
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Weber N, Christian N, Corbisiero MF, Hill B, Bothwell S, Koehler R, Acker S. Surgical Advanced Practice Provider Perspectives Regarding Parental Leave. J Surg Educ. 2025 05; 82(5):103411.
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Manalo TA, Mott NM, Gonzalez VE, Nehler MR, Jaiswal K, Thurmon KL, Vemulakonda VM, Christian NT. A Novel Urology Preliminary Residency Curriculum Within a Department of Surgery for Unmatched Applicants. J Surg Educ. 2024 11; 81(11):1529-1532.
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Rosengart TK, Chen JH, Gantt NL, Angelos P, Warshaw AL, Rosen JE, Perrier ND, Kaups KL, Doherty GM, Zoumpou T, Ashley SW, Doscher W, Welsh D, Savarise M, Sutherland MJ, Sidawy AN, Kopelan AM. Sustaining Lifelong Competency of Surgeons: Multimodality Empowerment Personal and Institutional Strategy. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 239(2):187-189.
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Acker SN, Corbisiero MF, Romano J, Stewart C, Bothwell S, Kelley-Quon LI, Lofberg K, Russell K, Nehler M, Christian N. Attitudes of Surgical Trainees and Faculty Towards Parental Leave During Surgical Training. J Surg Educ. 2024 09; 81(9):1239-1248.
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Chen JH, Gardner AK. Going Above and Beyond With SJTs: Impact of Applicant Characteristics on Open Response SJT Participation. J Surg Educ. 2024 08; 81(8):1024-1033.
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