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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in this website by year, and whether "Elective Surgical Procedures" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Clinical Decision-Making and Process Complications During Anticipated Difficult Airway Management for Elective Surgery. Anesth Analg. 2025 Feb 01; 140(2):295-305.
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Risk factors for MACE and bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients undergoing surgery: Insights from the bridge trial. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2024 Sep; 33(9):107839.
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Implementing a Frailty-Specific Postoperative Order Set to Improve Postoperative Outcomes in Frail Adults After Elective Thoracic Surgery. J Nurs Care Qual. 2024 Oct-Dec 01; 39(4):361-368.
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Preoperative ß-Blocker Therapy and Stroke or Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Major Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesthesiology. 2023 01 01; 138(1):42-54.
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Association between COVID-19 related elective surgery cancellations and pediatric inguinal hernia complications: A nationwide multicenter cohort study. Surgery. 2022 09; 172(3):989-996.
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Prioritizing Elective Surgical Cases During a Pandemic or Global Crisis: The Elective-Pediatric Orthopedic Surgical Timing (E-POST) Score. J Pediatr Orthop. 2022 Apr 01; 42(4):e397-e401.
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December Is Coming: A Time Trend Analysis of Monthly Variation in Adult Elective Anesthesia Caseload across Florida and Texas Locations of a Large Multistate Practice. Anesthesiology. 2021 11 01; 135(5):804-812.
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Survey of COVID-19 impact on pediatric urology services. Can J Urol. 2021 10; 28(5):10834-10840.
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Cessation and resumption of elective neurointerventional procedures during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and future pandemics. Interv Neuroradiol. 2021 Oct; 27(1_suppl):30-35.
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Guidelines for the performance of minimally invasive splenectomy. Surg Endosc. 2021 11; 35(11):5877-5888.