 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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2017 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2018 | 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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Shah RP, MacLean L, Paprosky WG, Sporer S. Routine Use of Radiostereometric Analysis in Elective Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Patients: Surgical Impact, Safety, and Bead Stability. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 Apr 15; 26(8):e173-e180.
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Smolevitz J, Jacobson R, Thaqi M, Millikan S, Millikan KW. Outcomes in complex ventral hernia repair with anterior component separation in class III obesity patients. Am J Surg. 2018 Mar; 215(3):458-461.
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Gage BF, Bass AR, Lin H, Woller SC, Stevens SM, Al-Hammadi N, Li J, Rodríguez T, Miller JP, McMillin GA, Pendleton RC, Jaffer AK, King CR, Whipple BD, Porche-Sorbet R, Napoli L, Merritt K, Thompson AM, Hyun G, Anderson JL, Hollomon W, Barrack RL, Nunley RM, Moskowitz G, Dávila-Román V, Eby CS. Effect of Genotype-Guided Warfarin Dosing on Clinical Events and Anticoagulation Control Among Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty: The GIFT Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2017 09 26; 318(12):1115-1124.
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Basques BA, Bell JA, Sershon RA, Della Valle CJ. The Influence of Patient Gender on Morbidity Following Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2018 02; 33(2):345-349.
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Goodman SM, Springer B, Guyatt G, Abdel MP, Dasa V, George M, Gewurz-Singer O, Giles JT, Johnson B, Lee S, Mandl LA, Mont MA, Sculco P, Sporer S, Stryker L, Turgunbaev M, Brause B, Chen AF, Gililland J, Goodman M, Hurley-Rosenblatt A, Kirou K, Losina E, MacKenzie R, Michaud K, Mikuls T, Russell L, Sah A, Miller AS, Singh JA, Yates A. 2017 American College of Rheumatology/American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients With Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2017 09; 32(9):2628-2638.
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Stambough JB, Nam D, Warren DK, Keeney JA, Clohisy JC, Barrack RL, Nunley RM. Decreased Hospital Costs and Surgical Site Infection Incidence With a Universal Decolonization Protocol in Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2017 03; 32(3):728-734.e1.
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Sporer SM, Rogers T, Abella L. Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Screening and Decolonization to Reduce Surgical Site Infection in Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 09; 31(9 Suppl):144-7.
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Bohl DD, Maltenfort MG, Huang R, Parvizi J, Lieberman JR, Della Valle CJ. Development and Validation of a Risk Stratification System for Pulmonary Embolism After Elective Primary Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 09; 31(9 Suppl):187-91.
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Jarrett JB, Schaffer T, Rowland K. PURLs: Should you bypass anticoagulant "bridging" before and after surgery? J Fam Pract. 2015 Dec; 64(12):794-800.
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Bohl DD, Shen MR, Kayupov E, Della Valle CJ. Hypoalbuminemia Independently Predicts Surgical Site Infection, Pneumonia, Length of Stay, and Readmission After Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2016 Jan; 31(1):15-21.
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