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 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2011 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2015 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2016 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2017 | 13 | 0 | 13 | | 2018 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "General Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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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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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 Sep; 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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Bilimoria KY, Haukoos JS, Doherty GM. Practical Guide to Pragmatic Clinical Trials in Surgical Education Research. JAMA Surg. 2024 May 01; 159(5):582-583.
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Corbisiero MF, Acker SN, Bothwell S, Christian N. Transforming Perceptions: The Impact of a Formal Parental Leave Policy on Surgical Trainees. J Surg Educ. 2024 Jun; 81(6):816-822.
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Carter B, Sidrak J, Wagner B, Travis C, Nehler M, Christian N. Preliminary Development of a Program ABSITE Dashboard (PAD) to Guide Curriculum Innovation. J Surg Educ. 2024 02; 81(2):226-242.
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Abbitt D, Cotton J, Choy K, Jones TS, Wikiel KJ, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Residents and Fellows Forum: Impact on general surgery clinic after telehealth conversion at a Veteran Affairs medical center. Surgery. 2024 05; 175(5):1458-1459.
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