"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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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Surgical training in the private sector in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2021 Mar 31; 111(4):13260.
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Affording unavoidable emergency surgical care - The lived experiences and payment coping strategies of households in Ibadan metropolis, Southwestern Nigeria. PLoS One. 2020; 15(5):e0232882.
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Surgeons and HIV: South African attitudes. S Afr Med J. 2009 Feb; 99(2):110-3.
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Surgical education in South Africa. World J Surg. 2009 Feb; 33(2):170-3.
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HIV-positive status among surgeons - an ethical dilemma. S Afr Med J. 2006 Oct; 96(10):1072-5.
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General surgery in crisis--factors that impact on a career in general surgery. S Afr J Surg. 2006 Aug; 44(3):108-12.
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General surgery in crisis--comparatively low levels of remuneration. S Afr J Surg. 2006 Aug; 44(3):96, 98-9, 102 passim.
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General surgery in crisis--the critical shortage. S Afr J Surg. 2006 Aug; 44(3):88-92, 94.