"Unnecessary 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.
Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient.
| Descriptor ID |
D019564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.421.380.450.500 N05.300.150.395.450.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Unnecessary Procedures- Unnecessary Procedures
- Procedure, Unnecessary
- Procedures, Unnecessary
- Unnecessary Procedure
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Unnecessary Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Reducing Unnecessary Oophorectomies for Benign Ovarian Neoplasms in Pediatric Patients. JAMA. 2023 10 03; 330(13):1247-1254.
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Evaluation of Appropriate Use of Preoperative Echocardiography before Major Abdominal Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Anesthesiology. 2021 11 01; 135(5):854-863.
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Association Between a Common, Benign Genotype and Unnecessary Bone Marrow Biopsies Among African American Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 08 01; 181(8):1100-1105.
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Too Much Surgery: Overcoming Barriers to Deimplementation of Low-value Surgery. Ann Surg. 2020 06; 271(6):1020-1022.
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Awake serial body casting for the management of infantile idiopathic scoliosis: is general anesthesia necessary? Spine Deform. 2020 10; 8(5):1109-1115.
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Barriers and Facilitators to De-Implementation of the Choosing Wisely® Guidelines for Low-Value Breast Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol. 2020 Aug; 27(8):2653-2663.
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Measuring the frequency and variation of unnecessary care across Canada. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019 Jul 03; 19(1):446.
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Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 07; 144(1).
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Inappropriateness of health care in Canada: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev. 2019 02 11; 8(1):50.
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Multi-institutional Clinical Tool for Predicting High-risk Lesions on 3Tesla Multiparametric Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Eur Urol Oncol. 2019 05; 2(3):257-264.