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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Elective Surgical Procedures".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Elective Surgical Procedures".
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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| 1995 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2005 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2006 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2009 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2010 | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2011 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| 2013 | 8 | 10 | 18 |
| 2014 | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| 2015 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 2016 | 9 | 16 | 25 |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | 42 |
| 2018 | 19 | 17 | 36 |
| 2019 | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| 2020 | 29 | 29 | 58 |
| 2021 | 24 | 21 | 45 |
| 2022 | 3 | 19 | 22 |
| 2023 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2024 | 14 | 8 | 22 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Elective Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Evaluating Postoperative Opioid Prescription Fills and Refills for Adolescents Undergoing Surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 Feb; 60(2):162007.
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GLP-1 receptor agonists are a transformative prehabilitation tool for weight loss in obese patients undergoing elective hernia repair. Surg Endosc. 2025 Jan; 39(1):440-447.
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Correlation of Pediatric Surgical Infrastructure With Clinical and Economic Outcomes: A Cohort Study. J Surg Res. 2024 Nov; 303:215-223.
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A Novel Preoperative Risk Score to Identify Patients at High Risk for Nonhome Discharge after Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Jan; 110(Pt A):265-273.
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Indications and outcomes of elective open chest lead extractions. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2024 Nov; 35(11):2128-2133.
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Patient Compliance With Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Surgery. J Surg Res. 2024 Oct; 302:697-705.
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An evaluation of patient experience before and after elective colectomy for diverticulitis between patients older and younger than 65 years: A pilot feasibility study in mobile health use. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 Oct; 28(10):1639-1645.
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Prevalence of neurocognitive disorders 5 years after elective orthopaedic surgery. Anaesthesia. 2024 Oct; 79(10):1053-1061.
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A prognostic model for use before elective surgery to estimate the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (GSU-Pulmonary Score): a development and validation study in three international cohorts. Lancet Digit Health. 2024 Jul; 6(7):e507-e519.
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Hospital-level variation in costs of elective nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Surgery. 2024 Sep; 176(3):961-967.