"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2022 | 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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A Multicenter Analysis of the Early Impact of COVID-19 on Junior Resident Operative Case Volume. J Surg Res. 2022 Nov; 279:208-217.
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Correlation of Supervised Independence and Performance with Procedure Difficulty amongst Surgical Residents Stratified by Post Graduate Year. J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec; 78(6):e47-e55.
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Trainee Utilization of the SCORE Curriculum is Associated With Improved ABSITE Performance: A Multi-institutional Study. J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec; 78(6):e196-e200.
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Integration of Educational Technology. Surg Clin North Am. 2021 Aug; 101(4):693-701.
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Recruitment of General Surgery Residents into Vascular Surgery. J Surg Educ. 2022 Jan-Feb; 79(1):165-172.
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General Surgery Residency Application Evaluation in a USMLE Step 1 Pass/Fail World: A Retrospective Comparison. J Surg Res. 2021 09; 265:317-322.
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Objective Strategies and Recommendations in the Era of the Binary USMLE Step 1 Score. J Surg Res. 2021 09; 265:11-12.
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Unbundling General Surgery: Have We Taken Specialization Too Far? Am Surg. 2022 06; 88(6):1310-1311.
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Digitally decentralised mock oral board examination for neurological surgery trainees. Med Educ. 2020 09; 54(9):854-855.
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Surgical Inpatient's Attitudes Toward Resident Participation: All About Expectations. J Surg Educ. 2020 Nov - Dec; 77(6):e28-e33.