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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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical Tools to Assess Functional Capacity During Risk Assessment Before Elective Noncardiac Surgery : A Scoping Review. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Jan; 178(1):75-87.
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Quality of Recovery Following Orthopedic Surgery in Patients at an Academic Hospital in South Africa. Anesth Analg. 2021 08 01; 133(2):507-514.
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Preoperative cognitive dysfunction in older elective noncardiac surgical patients in South Africa. Br J Anaesth. 2020 09; 125(3):275-281.
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Influence of supply-side factors on voluntary medical male circumcision costs in Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, and Zambia. PLoS One. 2018; 13(9):e0203121.
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Planned caesarean section for women with a twin pregnancy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Dec 19; (12):CD006553.
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Planned caesarean section for term breech delivery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Jul 21; (7):CD000166.
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Global perspectives on elective induction of labor. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jun; 57(2):331-42.
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Salivary monitoring related to major surgery. Eur J Clin Invest. 2010 Dec; 40(12):1074-80.
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Techniques for caesarean section. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008 Jan 23; (1):CD004662.