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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E04.249
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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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Elective Surgical Procedures [E04.249]

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Bar chart showing 38 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2010 and 2016 and 2017 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	3	3
2008	1	2	3
2009	0	1	1
2010	1	3	4
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	2	2
2014	0	1	1
2015	1	2	3
2016	1	3	4
2017	2	2	4
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	1	4
2020	0	1	1

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Kang JJ, Wong RJ, Sherman EJ, Rybkin A, McBride SM, Riaz N, Tsai CJ, Yu Y, Chen L, Zakeri K, Gelblum DY, Gillespie EF, Cohen MA, Cracchiolo JR, Ganly I, Patel S, Singh B, Boyle JO, Roman BR, Morris LG, Shaha AR, Dunn LA, Ho AL, Fetten JV, Shah JP, Pfister DG, Lee NY. The 3 Bs of cancer care amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: "Be safe, be smart, be kind"-A multidisciplinary approach increasing the use of radiation and embracing telemedicine for head and neck cancer. Cancer. 2020 09 15; 126(18):4092-4104.

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Rozich NS, Morris KT, Garwe T, Sarwar Z, Landmann A, Siems CB, Jones A, Butler CS, McGaha PK, Axtman BC, Edil BH, Lees JS. Blame it on the injury: Trauma is a risk factor for pancreatic fistula following distal pancreatectomy compared with elective resection. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 12; 87(6):1289-1300.

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Martinez C, Omesiete P, Pandit V, Thompson E, Nocera M, Riall T, Guerrero M, Nfonsam V. A Protocol-Driven Reduction in Surgical Site Infections After Colon Surgery. J Surg Res. 2020 02; 246:100-105.

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Brockman BS, Maupin JJ, Thompson SF, Hollabaugh KM, Thakral R. Complication Rates in Total Knee Arthroplasty Performed for Osteoarthritis and Post-Traumatic Arthritis: A Comparison Study. J Arthroplasty. 2020 02; 35(2):371-374.

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de Bree R, Takes RP, Shah JP, Hamoir M, Kowalski LP, Robbins KT, Rodrigo JP, Sanabria A, Medina JE, Rinaldo A, Shaha AR, Silver C, Suárez C, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Ferlito A. Elective neck dissection in oral squamous cell carcinoma: Past, present and future. Oral Oncol. 2019 03; 90:87-93.

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Khorgami Z, Hui BY, Mushtaq N, Chow GS, Sclabas GM. Predictors of mortality after elective ventral hernia repair: an analysis of national inpatient sample. Hernia. 2019 10; 23(5):979-985.

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Grabel ZJ, Boden A, Segal DN, Boden S, Milby AH, Heller JG. The impact of prophylactic intraoperative vancomycin powder on microbial profile, antibiotic regimen, length of stay, and reoperation rate in elective spine surgery. Spine J. 2019 02; 19(2):261-266.

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Giordano SA, Garvey PB, Baumann DP, Liu J, Butler CE. Hospital readmission following open, single-stage, elective abdominal wall reconstructions using acellular dermal matrix affects long-term hernia recurrence rate. Am J Surg. 2018 07; 216(1):60-66.

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Gill A, Vasan N, Givi B, Joshi A. AHNS Series: Do you know your guidelines? Evidence-based management of oral cavity cancers. Head Neck. 2018 02; 40(2):406-416.

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Scheer JK, Bakhsheshian J, Keefe MK, Lafage V, Bess S, Protopsaltis TS, Burton DC, Hart RA, Shaffrey CI, Schwab F, Smith JS, Smith ZA, Koski TR, Ames CP. Initial Experience With Real-Time Continuous Physical Activity Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery. Clin Spine Surg. 2017 Dec; 30(10):E1434-E1443.

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