"General Surgery" 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.
A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities.
| Descriptor ID |
D013502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.300
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "General Surgery".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4 | 26 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020 | 24 | 12 | 36 |
| 2021 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "General Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emergency Adult Surgical Patients and Surgical Services: An International Multi-center Cohort Study and Department Survey. Ann Surg. 2021 12 01; 274(6):904-912.
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Surgical Residents at the Forefront of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives on Redeployment. Ann Surg. 2021 11 01; 274(5):e383-e384.
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A Game of Adaptability: Reflecting on the Highlights and Challenges of Applying for Surgical Residency During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Ann Surg. 2021 11 01; 274(5):e381-e382.
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Outcomes of the First Virtual General Surgery Certifying Exam of the American Board of Surgery. Ann Surg. 2021 09 01; 274(3):467-472.
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Impact of COVID-19 on the surgical volume of general surgery residents as main surgeons in a National Training Program in Costa Rica: A cross-sectional study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Aug 27; 100(34):e27041.
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Power of the collective: A review of multimodal internet-based surgical education resources in the 21st century. J Surg Oncol. 2021 Aug; 124(2):174-180.
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Factors Associated With General Surgery Residents' Operative Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Surg. 2021 08 01; 156(8):767-774.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on surgical skills training in pediatric surgery residents. Pediatr Surg Int. 2021 Oct; 37(10):1415-1420.
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Isolating steps instead of learners: Use of deliberate practice and validity evidence in coronavirus disease (COVID)-era procedural assessment. Surgery. 2021 12; 170(6):1652-1658.
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Instilling Resiliency in Surgical Education: The Benefits of Longitudinal Medical Student Learning. J Surg Res. 2021 11; 267:512-515.