 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 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2011 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2012 | 1 | 7 | 8 | | 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2014 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2015 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2017 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2018 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2020 | 8 | 10 | 18 | | 2021 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Garofalo DM, Myers QWO, Heron CH, Wolf A, Carmichael H, Dyas AR, Mathai S, Rozeboom PD, Velopulos CG. Why Potentially Elective General Surgery Becomes Emergent: A Multi-Methods Approach. J Surg Res. 2025 Sep; 313:239-246.
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Clarke ZH, Hogan CA, Dayton MR, Jeffres MN, Koonce RC. Safety of Administering Cefazolin in Beta-Lactam Allergic Patients Undergoing Elective Orthopaedic Procedures. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Sep; 40(9S1):S576-S580.
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Wu BCB, Carroll AM, Chanes N, Rosenberg DS, Kirsch MJ, Aftab M, Reece TB. Impact of planned concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting on risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in elective aortic hemiarch surgery. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 Apr 21; 20(1):215.
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Templeton TW, Alex G, Eloy JD, Stollings L, Ing RJ, Cheon EC, Belani K, Breskin I, Sebel PS, Taicher BM. BIS Guided Titration of Sevoflurane in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Paediatr Anaesth. 2025 Apr; 35(4):277-286.
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Wisniewski AM, Challa S, Strobel RJ, Norman AV, Yarboro LT, Yount K, Kern J, Mazzeffi M, Teman NR. Does Timing Matter? The Effect of Intensive Care Unit Arrival Timing on Elective Cardiac Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Feb; 119(2):451-459.
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de Jager P, Aleman D, Baxter N, Bell C, Bodur M, Calzavara A, Campbell R, Carter M, Emerson S, Gagliardi A, Irish J, Martin D, Lee S, SaxeBraithwaite M, Seyedi P, Takata J, Yang S, Zanchetta C, Urbach DR. Surgeon- and hospital-level variation in wait times for scheduled non-urgent surgery in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional population-based study. PLoS One. 2024; 19(8):e0307845.
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Moore E, Wohlauer MV, Dorosh J, Kabeil M, Malgor RD, O'Banion LA, Lopez-Pena G, Gillette R, Colborn K, Cuff RF, Lucero L, Ali A, Koleilat I, Batarseh P, Talathi S, Rivera A, Humphries MD, Ly K, Harroun N, Smith BK, Darelli-Anderson AM, Choudhry A, Hammond E, Costanza M, Khetarpaul V, Cosentino A, Watson J, Afifi R, Mouawad NJ, Tan TW, Sharafuddin M, Quevedo JP, Nkansah R, Shibale P, Shalhub S, Lin JC. Impact of COVID-19 on patients undergoing scheduled procedures for chronic venous disease. Vascular. 2025 Apr; 33(2):367-375.
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Adams BG, Rhon DI, Cameron KL, Zosel KL, Hotaling BR, Westrick RB. Timing of Outcomes and Expectations After Knee Surgery in the US Military: A Systematic Review. Sports Health. 2024 Nov-Dec; 16(6):1009-1020.
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Colosimo C, Ingram B, Weaver J, Offner P, Yon J. Increased Complications of Emergent Surgical Procedures During the First Wave of COVID-19. J Surg Res. 2023 06; 286:16-22.
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Ross JM, Santarnecchi E, Lian SJ, Fong TG, Touroutoglou A, Cavallari M, Travison TG, Marcantonio ER, Libermann TA, Schmitt EM, Inouye SK, Shafi MM, Pascual-Leone A. Neurophysiologic predictors of individual risk for post-operative delirium after elective surgery. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 Jan; 71(1):235-244.
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