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,
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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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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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Clinicians' User Experience of Telemedicine in Neurosurgery During COVID-19. World Neurosurg. 2021 02; 146:e359-e367.
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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.
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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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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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PURLs: Should you bypass anticoagulant "bridging" before and after surgery? J Fam Pract. 2015 Dec; 64(12):794-800.
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Overestimation of mortality risk and preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing elective general surgery procedures: a propensity matched analysis. Int J Surg. 2014 Dec; 12(12):1473-7.
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Risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism associated with flying in the early postoperative period following elective total hip and knee arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2014 Jun; 29(6):1119-22.