"Endoscopy" 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.
Procedures of applying ENDOSCOPES for disease diagnosis and treatment. Endoscopy involves passing an optical instrument through a small incision in the skin i.e., percutaneous; or through a natural orifice and along natural body pathways such as the digestive tract; and/or through an incision in the wall of a tubular structure or organ, i.e. transluminal, to examine or perform surgery on the interior parts of the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D004724
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.388.250 E04.502.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic- Surgical Procedures, Endoscopic
- Procedure, Endoscopic Surgical
- Procedures, Endoscopic Surgical
- Surgical Procedure, Endoscopic
- Endoscopy, Surgical
- Surgical Endoscopy
- Endoscopic Surgical Procedure
- Endoscopic Surgical Procedures
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Endoscopy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Endoscopy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2018 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2019 | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| 2023 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Endoscopy" by people in Profiles.
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Robotic Totally Endoscopic Tricuspid Valve Surgery: Early Results and Midterm Outcomes. Innovations (Phila). 2025 Mar-Apr; 20(2):188-193.
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Endoscopic Management of Laryngotracheal Disease. Thorac Surg Clin. 2025 Feb; 35(1):25-36.
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Robotic totally endoscopic Cryo-Maze ablation under ventricular fibrillatory arrest. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 12 02; 2024.
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Coronary Connector Facilitated Total Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass: An Ex Vivo Feasibility Study. Innovations (Phila). 2024 Nov-Dec; 19(6):640-647.
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Robotic Totally Endoscopic Off-Pump Unroofing of Myocardial Bridge: Early Experience and Midterm Outcomes. Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jul-Aug; 19(4):409-415.
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Robotic totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement with a sutured bioprosthesis. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Aug 29; 2024.
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550 Robotic Totally Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgeries Within a Comprehensive Robotic Cardiac Program. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Jun; 119(6):1270-1277.
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A decade of robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary bypass (TECAB) at a single institution: Outcomes with 10-year follow-up. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Jun; 169(6):1753-1760.e3.
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Features of Importance in Nasal Endoscopy: Deriving a Meaningful Framework. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Oct; 171(4):1052-1061.
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Robotic Beating-Heart Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass: Impact of Chest Wall Dimensions in Single and Multivessel Bypass. Innovations (Phila). 2024 May-Jun; 19(3):290-297.