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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E04.249
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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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Elective Surgical Procedures [E04.249]

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Bar chart showing 98 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2019 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	1	2
2007	1	2	3
2008	0	4	4
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	4	5
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	2	3
2014	2	3	5
2015	3	4	7
2016	0	4	4
2017	1	2	3
2018	10	3	13
2019	11	8	19
2020	6	13	19
2021	2	1	3
2022	0	2	2

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Rashid M, Stevens C, Wijeysundera HC, Curzen N, Khoo CW, Mohamed MO, Aktaa S, Wu J, Ludman PF, Mamas MA. Rates of Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in England and Wales: Impact of COURAGE and ORBITA Trials. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 09 20; 11(18):e025426.

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Khan IA, Zaid MB, Gold PA, Austin MS, Parvizi J, Bedard NA, Jevsevar DS, Hannon CP, Fillingham YA. Making a Joint Decision Regarding the Timing of Surgery for Elective Arthroplasty Surgery After Being Infected With COVID-19: A Systematic Review. J Arthroplasty. 2022 10; 37(10):2106-2113.e1.

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Kim LG, Sweeting MJ, Epstein D, Venermo M, Rohlffs FEV, Greenhalgh RM. Optimizing Surveillance and Re-intervention Strategy Following Elective Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Ann Surg. 2021 12 01; 274(6):e589-e598.

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Zangrilli J, Hameed D, Chisari E, Vannello C, Courtney PM, Krueger CA. Low Incidence of Asymptomatic Positive Patients Detected During Preoperative Testing for Total Joint Arthroplasty During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2021 Dec 01; 29(23):e1217-e1224.

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Hendrickson NR, Kesler K, DeMik DE, Glass NA, Watson MK, Ford BA, Salinas JL, Pugely AJ. Asymptomatic Pre-Operative COVID-19 Screening for Essential and Elective Surgeries: Early Results of Universal Screening at a Midwestern Academic Medical Center. Iowa Orthop J. 2021; 41(1):33-38.

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Pancholy SB, Patel GA, Patel NR, Patel DD, Patel P, Pandya SM, Verma AA, Shah SC, Mamas MA, Patel TM. Trends, Outcomes, and Predictive Score For Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from a Nationwide Dataset). Am J Cardiol. 2021 04 01; 144:46-51.

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Archer KR, Bydon M, Khan I, Nian H, Pennings JS, Harrell FE, Sivaganesan A, Chotai S, McGirt MJ, Foley KT, Glassman SD, Mummaneni PV, Bisson EF, Knightly JJ, Shaffrey CI, Asher AL, Devin CJ. Development and Validation of Cervical Prediction Models for Patient-Reported Outcomes at 1 Year After Cervical Spine Surgery for Radiculopathy and Myelopathy. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2020 Nov 15; 45(22):1541-1552.

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Zreik J, Alvi MA, Yolcu YU, Sebastian AS, Freedman BA, Bydon M. Utility of the 5-Item Modified Frailty Index for Predicting Adverse Outcomes Following Elective Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion. World Neurosurg. 2021 02; 146:e670-e677.

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Siddiqui MU, Pasha AK, Rauf I, Lee JZ, Siddiqui MD, Yaacoub Y, Movahed MR. Efficacy and Safety of Perioperative Bridging Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Elective Surgical Procedures: A Meta-analysis. Clin Med Res. 2021 Mar; 19(1):19-25.

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Goyal A, Bhandarkar AR, Alvi MA, Kerezoudis P, Yolcu YU, Habermann EB, Sebastian AS, Bydon M. Cost of Readmissions Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion: Insights from the Nationwide Readmissions Database. Neurosurgery. 2020 09 15; 87(4):679-688.

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