"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 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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Disruption in general surgery: Randomized controlled trials and changing paradigms. Surgery. 2021 12; 170(6):1862-1866.
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A single-centre observational cohort study to evaluate volume and severity of emergency general surgery admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic: Is there a "lockdown" effect? Int J Surg. 2020 Nov; 83:259-266.
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The top 100 most disruptive publications in academic surgery journals: 1954-2014. Am J Surg. 2021 03; 221(3):614-617.
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Do One, Do One, Teach One: Altering the Dogma Using Simulation-Based Training to Maximize Efficiency of Surgical Resident Education. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 07; 231(1):140-148.
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Antithrombotic prescriptions for many general surgery patients significantly increases the likelihood of post-operative bleeding complications. Am J Surg. 2020 03; 219(3):453-459.
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Enhanced recovery program implementation: an evidence-based review of the art and the science. Surg Endosc. 2019 11; 33(11):3833-3841.
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The emergency surgical airway: Bridging the gap from quality outcome to performance improvement through a novel simulation based curriculum. Am J Surg. 2019 03; 217(3):562-565.
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Communication through simulation: Developing a curriculum to teach interpersonal skills. Surgery. 2018 10; 164(4):802-809.
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Effect of protected research time on ABSITE scores during general surgery residency. Am J Surg. 2018 Feb; 215(2):322-325.
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The Usage of Mock Oral Examinations for Program Improvement. J Surg Educ. 2017 Nov - Dec; 74(6):946-951.