Unnecessary Procedures

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	N02.421.380.450.500 N05.300.150.395.450.500
Concept/Terms	Unnecessary Procedures Unnecessary Procedures Procedure, Unnecessary Procedures, Unnecessary Unnecessary Procedure Unnecessary Surgery Unnecessary Surgery Surgery, Unnecessary

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Unnecessary Procedures".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Health Services Misuse [N02.421.380]
Medical Overuse [N02.421.380.450]
Unnecessary Procedures [N02.421.380.450.500]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Attitude to Health [N05.300.150]
Health Services Misuse [N05.300.150.395]
Medical Overuse [N05.300.150.395.450]
Unnecessary Procedures [N05.300.150.395.450.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Unnecessary Procedures".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Unnecessary Procedures".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Unnecessary Procedures" by people in this website by year, and whether "Unnecessary Procedures" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 56 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	2	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	2	0	2
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	2	2	4
2013	1	1	2
2014	9	2	11
2015	6	1	7
2016	4	2	6
2017	1	2	3
2018	2	1	3
2019	1	1	2
2020	2	1	3
2021	1	0	1
2023	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Unnecessary Procedures" by people in Profiles.

Minneci PC, Bergus KC, Lutz C, Aldrink J, Bence C, Breech L, Dillon PA, Downard C, Ehrlich PF, Fallat M, Fraser JD, Grabowski J, Helmrath M, Hertweck P, Hewitt G, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Lal DR, Landman M, Leys C, Mak G, Markel T, Pressey J, Raiji M, Rymeski B, Saito J, Sato TT, St Peter SD, Cooper J, Deans K. Reducing Unnecessary Oophorectomies for Benign Ovarian Neoplasms in Pediatric Patients. JAMA. 2023 10 03; 330(13):1247-1254.

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Arbab-Zadeh A, Zeger SL, Blumenthal RS, Weintraub WS, Boden WE. The Rising Urgency to Pivot Back Toward Hippocratic Medicine. Am J Med. 2022 01; 135(1):49-52.

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Miller-Ocuin JL, Howard-McNatt M, Levine EA, Chiba A. Is Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Necessary for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Patients Undergoing Mastectomy? Am Surg. 2020 Aug; 86(8):955-957.

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Appelbaum R, Hoover T, Azari S, Dunstan M, Li PM, Sandhu R, Browne M. Development and Implementation of a Pilot Radiation Reduction Protocol for Pediatric Head?Injury. J Surg Res. 2020 11; 255:111-117.

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Devin CL, Linden AF, Sagalow E, Reichard KW, Vinocur CD, Miller JM, Goldin AB, Berman L. Standardized pathway for feeding tube placement reduces unnecessary surgery and improves value of care. J Pediatr Surg. 2020 Jun; 55(6):1013-1022.

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Levin DC, Rao VM. Solutions to Reduce Unnecessary Imaging. JAMA. 2019 06 11; 321(22):2242-2243.

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Lawrence AE, Gonzalez DO, Fallat ME, Aldrink JH, Hewitt GD, Hertweck SP, Onwuka A, Bence C, Burns RC, Dillon PA, Ehrlich PF, Fraser JD, Grabowski JE, Hirschl RB, Kabre R, Kohler JE, Lal DR, Landman MP, Leys CM, Mak GZ, Sato TT, Scannell M, Sujka JA, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Factors Associated With Management of Pediatric Ovarian Neoplasms. Pediatrics. 2019 07; 144(1).

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Kumar S, Modi R, Bhandari BM, Sass DA, Rothstein KD. A Head CT is Unnecessary in the Initial Evaluation of A Cirrhotic Patient with Recurrent Hepatic Encephalopathy. Ann Hepatol. 2018 Aug 24; 17(5):810-814.

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Gibbons RJ, Weintraub WS, Brindis RG. Moving from volume to value for revascularization in stable ischemic heart disease: A review. Am Heart J. 2018 10; 204:178-185.

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Nelson LB. Avoid Performing Surgery on the Wrong Eye in Pediatric Ophthalmology. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2018 May 01; 55(3):151.

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