"Surgery, Plastic" 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.
The branch of surgery concerned with restoration, reconstruction, or improvement of defective, damaged, or missing structures.
| Descriptor ID |
D013518
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.788
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| Concept/Terms |
Esthetic Surgery- Esthetic Surgery
- Esthetic Surgeries
- Surgeries, Esthetic
- Surgery, Esthetic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Surgery, Plastic" by people in this website by year, and whether "Surgery, Plastic" 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 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Surgery, Plastic" by people in Profiles.
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Fones L, Fellheimer H, Pennington M, Hozack BA, Fletcher DJ, Beredjiklian PK. Trends of Underrepresented Minorities and Female Trainees in Orthopedic, Plastic, and Hand Surgery: Did We Do Better in 2023? J Hand Surg Am. 2025 12; 50(12):1522.e1-1522.e8.
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Garg N, Xu V, Mandloi S, Kumar A, Chandna M, Tekumalla S, McCann A, Krein H, Heffelfinger R. Ergonomics in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: A Clinical Evaluation. Laryngoscope. 2025 04; 135(4):1379-1385.
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Garg N, Campbell DJ, Yang A, McCann A, Moroco AE, Estephan LE, Palmer WJ, Krein H, Heffelfinger R. Chatbots as Patient Education Resources for Aesthetic Facial Plastic Surgery: Evaluation of ChatGPT and Google Bard Responses. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2024 Nov-Dec; 26(6):665-673.
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McCann A, Garg N, Fei E, Guler M, Heffelfinger R. The Implications of AI Photo Enhancers in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Laryngoscope. 2024 05; 134(5):1992-1993.
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Glatt BS, Kanchwala S. Annual Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Issue of the Annals of Plastic Surgery. Ann Plast Surg. 2022 05 01; 88(3 Suppl 3):S143.
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Gohel P, White M, Agarwal N, Fields P D, Ozpinar A, Alan N. Longitudinal Analysis of Peripheral Nerve Surgery Training: Comparison of Neurosurgery to Plastic and Orthopedic Surgery. World Neurosurg. 2022 06; 162:e41-e48.
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Bovenzi CD, Manges KA, Krein H, Heffelfinger R. Online Ratings of Facial Plastic Surgeons: Worthwhile Additions to Conventional Patient Experience Surveys. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2021 Mar-Apr; 23(2):78-89.
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Mohammed TO, Hassan S, Hamideh N, Mahmoud A, Waugh MA, Plewig G, Parish LC, Hoenig LJ. Blemished noses in the art of three masters: Ghirlandaio, Rembrandt, and Warhol. Clin Dermatol. 2020 May - Jun; 38(3):360-364.
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Gaspar MP, Pflug EM, Adams AJ, Jacoby SM, Shin EK, Osterman AL, Kane PM. Self-Reported Postoperative Opioid-Prescribing Practices Following Commonly Performed Orthopaedic Hand and Wrist Surgical Procedures: A Nationwide Survey Comparing Attending Surgeons and Trainees. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018 Oct 03; 100(19):e127.
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Sasor SE, Cook JA, Duquette SP, Loewenstein SN, Gallagher S, Tholpady SS, Chu MW, Koniaris LG. Scholarly activity in academic plastic surgery: the?gender difference. J Surg Res. 2018 09; 229:332-336.