Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
"Minimally Invasive 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.
Procedures that avoid use of open, invasive surgery in favor of closed or local surgery. These generally involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-controlled manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or similar device.
| Descriptor ID |
D019060
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.502
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| Concept/Terms |
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures- Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
- Surgical Procedures, Minimal
- Surgical Procedures, Minimal Access
- Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
- Minimal Access Surgical Procedures
- Minimal Surgical Procedure
- Procedures, Minimally Invasive Surgical
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgeries
- Surgeries, Minimally Invasive
- Surgery, Minimally Invasive
- Procedure, Minimal Surgical
- Procedures, Minimal Access Surgical
- Procedures, Minimal Surgical
- Surgical Procedure, Minimal
- Minimal Surgical Procedures
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures" by people in this website by year, and whether "Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures" by people in Profiles.
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Minimally Invasive / Robotic Surgery for Hepatobiliary Cancer. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2026 07; 35(3):575-587.
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Use of magnets in pediatric surgery. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2024 Feb; 33(1):151381.
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A Pooled Analysis of Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Lesions in Patients With Acute Intracerebral Hemorrhage. JAMA Neurol. 2020 Nov 01; 77(11):1390-1397.
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Assessing feasibility and perioperative outcomes with minimally invasive surgery compared with laparotomy for interval debulking surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy for advanced epithelial ovarian cancer. Gynecol Oncol. 2021 01; 160(1):45-50.
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Preemptive pain-management program is associated with reduction of opioid prescriptions after benign minimally invasive foregut surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb; 159(2):734-744.e4.
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair for Acute Papillary Muscle Rupture During Pregnancy. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 02; 107(2):e93-e95.
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Transcatheter Device Closure of Aortopulmonary Window. Is There a Need for an Alternative Strategy to Surgery? Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2019 Apr; 72(4):349-351.
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Are Foley catheters needed after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum? Surgery. 2018 04; 163(4):854-856.
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Outcomes After Sleeve Lung Resections Versus Pneumonectomy in the United States. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Nov; 104(5):1656-1664.
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Provides Excellent Outcomes Without Increased Cost: A Multi-Institutional Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jul; 102(1):14-21.