"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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "General Surgery".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "General Surgery" by people in this website by year, and whether "General Surgery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1999 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1 | 16 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "General Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Preparing surgeons for advocacy: A framework for trainees. Surgery. 2025 Dec; 188:109675.
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Surgical advocacy as an academic career path: A guide for promotion discussions. Surgery. 2025 Nov; 187:109650.
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Implemented Strategies to Address the Hidden Curriculum in Surgical Training: Opportunities for Change. J Surg Educ. 2025 09; 82(9):103579.
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Traffic Light Coding System for Engaging With AI in Surgery. ANZ J Surg. 2025 Oct; 95(10):1993-1998.
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Factors affecting family planning among general surgery trainees. BMC Med Educ. 2025 Apr 26; 25(1):615.
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General surgery residents have better technical skills and less stress performing complex drills in open fashion over robotic approach. Surg Endosc. 2025 May; 39(5):3298-3306.
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Residency robotic biotissue curriculum: the next frontier in robotic surgical training. HPB (Oxford). 2025 May; 27(5):688-695.
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Surgical excellence in action: The role of vice chair of diversity, equity, and inclusion in a department of surgery. Surgery. 2025 04; 180:109034.
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Sustaining Lifelong Competency of Surgeons: Multimodality Empowerment Personal and Institutional Strategy. J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 239(2):187-189.
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Attitudes of Surgical Trainees and Faculty Towards Parental Leave During Surgical Training. J Surg Educ. 2024 09; 81(9):1239-1248.