Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
"Minimally Invasive 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.
Procedures that avoid use of open, invasive surgery in favor of closed or local surgery. These generally involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-controlled manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or similar device.
| Descriptor ID |
D019060
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.502
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| Concept/Terms |
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
- Surgical Procedures, Minimal
- Surgical Procedures, Minimal Access
- Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
- Minimal Access Surgical Procedures
- Minimal Surgical Procedure
- Procedures, Minimally Invasive Surgical
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgeries
- Surgeries, Minimally Invasive
- Surgery, Minimally Invasive
- Procedure, Minimal Surgical
- Procedures, Minimal Access Surgical
- Procedures, Minimal Surgical
- Surgical Procedure, Minimal
- Minimal Surgical Procedures
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures" by people in this website by year, and whether "Minimally Invasive 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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2013 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2014 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2015 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2016 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 2020 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2022 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2023 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery on Midline Shift and Outcomes in Large Supratentorial Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Post Hoc Analysis of MISTIE III. Neurocrit Care. 2026 Feb; 44(1):261-272.
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Five-year follow-up after minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion versus decompression alone for grade 1 spondylolisthesis: are there any differences in outcomes? J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Nov 01; 43(5):547-556.
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Small Bowel Complications After Sacrocolpopexy: A Case Series. Urogynecology (Phila). 2025 Aug 01; 31(8):816-821.
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Assessment of Perioperative Transfusion Risk for Benign Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy Utilizing the ACS-NSQIP. Int Urogynecol J. 2025 May; 36(5):1067-1075.
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A Comparative Analysis of Open Versus Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomies. J Surg Oncol. 2025 Apr; 131(5):816-826.
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Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Keep It Simple. Stroke. 2024 12; 55(12):2942-2945.
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The association between gender and industry payments to minimally invasive surgeons. Surg Endosc. 2025 01; 39(1):465-471.
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Geographic and racial disparities in the quality of surgical care among patients with nonmetastatic uterine cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Mar; 232(3):308.e1-308.e15.
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Maximizing Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery With Enhanced Recovery (ERAS). Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jul-Aug; 19(4):371-379.
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Cerebral small vessel disease modifies outcomes after minimally invasive surgery for intracerebral haemorrhage. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2024 08 27; 9(4):446-456.