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 174 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 26 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	2	2
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	2	2
2002	1	1	2
2004	2	0	2
2005	1	2	3
2006	0	2	2
2007	1	2	3
2008	0	6	6
2009	1	1	2
2010	2	3	5
2011	2	8	10
2012	4	3	7
2013	1	4	5
2014	3	6	9
2015	4	5	9
2016	3	8	11
2017	5	2	7
2018	11	5	16
2019	13	13	26
2020	9	15	24
2021	4	3	7
2022	0	4	4
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	3	4
2025	0	1	1

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Yildiz M, Schoenhoff F, Werdecker V, Nucera M, Mosbahi S, Zhao Y, Goel N, Berezowski M, Lawrence K, Kapoor S, Kreibich M, Berger T, Kletzer J, Bavaria J, Szeto WY, Siepe M, Czerny M, Desai ND. Revisiting ascending aortic resection in the elective valve-sparing root replacement: assessing the benefits and necessity of hemiarch replacement at three centres?. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 Feb 04; 67(2).

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Sarikonda A, Sami A, Hines K, Self DM, Isch E, Leibold A, Keppetipola KM, Gonzalez G, Mansoor Ali D, Thalheimer S, Heller J, Prasad S, Jallo J, Sharan A, Vaccaro AR, Harrop J, Sivaganesan A. What Is the Value Proposition of Evidence-Based Guidelines? An Application of the Operative Value Index for Lumbar Fusions. World Neurosurg. 2024 09; 189:e832-e840.

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Pohl NB, Narayanan R, Lee Y, McCurdy MA, Carter MV, Hoffman E, Fras SI, Vo M, Kaye ID, Mangan JJ, Kurd MF, Canseco JA, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. Postoperative opioid consumption patterns diverge between propensity matched patients undergoing traumatic and elective cervical spine fusion. Spine J. 2024 Oct; 24(10):1844-1850.

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Kumar SS, Rama M, Koeneman S, Tannouri S, Tatarian T, Palazzo F. Morbidity and mortality following hiatal hernia repair in geriatric patients: a multicenter research network study. Surg Endosc. 2024 07; 38(7):3999-4005.

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Du JY, Shafi K, Blackburn CW, Chapman JR, Ahn NU, Marcus RE, Albert TJ. Elective Single-Level Primary Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion for Degenerative Spondylotic Cervical Myelopathy Is Associated With Decreased Resource Utilization Versus Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 37(7):E317-E323.

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Siegel N, Lambrechts MJ, Brush PL, Tomlak A, Lee Y, Karamian BA, Canseco JA, Woods BI, Kaye ID, Hilibrand AS, Kepler CK, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD. A Longitudinal Evaluation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Its Effects on Spinal Decompressions With or Without Fusion. Clin Spine Surg. 2024 04 01; 37(3):E131-E136.

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Issa TZ, Lee Y, Heard JC, Lambrechts MJ, Giakas A, Mazmudar AS, Vaccaro A, Henry TW, Kalra A, Fras S, Canseco JA, Kaye ID, Kurd MF, Hilibrand AS, Vaccaro AR, Schroeder GD, Kepler CK. The severity of preoperative anemia escalates risk of poor short-term outcomes after lumbar spine fusion. Eur Spine J. 2023 09; 32(9):3192-3199.

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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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Russell B, Zager Y, Mullin G, Cohen M, Dan A, Nevler A, Gutman M, Horesh N. Naples Prognostic Score to Predict Postoperative Complications After Colectomy for Diverticulitis. Am Surg. 2023 May; 89(5):1598-1604.

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