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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Clinicians' User Experience of Telemedicine in Neurosurgery During COVID-19. World Neurosurg. 2021 02; 146:e359-e367.
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Review article: a treatment algorithm for patients with chronic liver disease and severe thrombocytopenia undergoing elective medical procedures in the United States. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 10; 52(8):1311-1322.
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Orthopaedic Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2020 Jun 01; 28(11):e456-e464.
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Development and validation of a novel scoring tool for predicting facility discharge after elective posterior lumbar fusion. Spine J. 2020 10; 20(10):1629-1637.
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Should an elective neck dissection be performed for maxillary sinus squamous cell carcinoma? Laryngoscope. 2019 11; 129(11):2445-2446.
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Elective Shoulder Surgery in the Opioid Na?ve: Rates of and Risk Factors for Long-term Postoperative Opioid Use. Am J Sports Med. 2019 04; 47(5):1051-1056.
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Physical Therapy on Postoperative Day Zero Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized, Controlled Trial of 394 Patients. J Arthroplasty. 2019 Jul; 34(7S):S173-S177.e1.
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The impact of health literacy on shared decision making before elective surgery: a propensity matched case control analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Dec 12; 18(1):958.
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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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Outcomes in complex ventral hernia repair with anterior component separation in class III obesity patients. Am J Surg. 2018 Mar; 215(3):458-461.