"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "General Surgery" by people in this website by year, and whether "General Surgery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2004 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2005 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2007 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2010 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 2011 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2012 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "General Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Review of "An American Board of Surgery Pilot of Video Assessment of Surgeon Technical Performance in Surgery" by Aurora D. Pryor. Annals of Surgery , 2023;277:591-595. J Craniofac Surg. 2023 Nov-Dec 01; 34(8):2569.
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Survey shows all surgical residents have exposure to robotic surgery yet no formalized curricula exist amongst programs: A Southwest Surgical Congress Survey. Am J Surg. 2023 12; 226(6):878-881.
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The future of surgical technique publication at JCRS and JCRO. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2022 08 01; 48(8):875-876.
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ASO Author Reflections: Technical Standards for Cancer Surgery: From "How I Do It" to "How We Do It". Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 10; 29(11):6559-6560.
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Validation of the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Emergency General Surgery Grading System for Colorectal Resection: An EAST Multicenter Study. Am Surg. 2022 May; 88(5):953-958.
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Technical Standards for Cancer Surgery: Commission on Cancer Standards 5.3-5.8. Ann Surg Oncol. 2022 Oct; 29(11):6549-6558.
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Ethics of Educating American Global Surgeons: An Approach to Conscientious Training on the Individual, Departmental, and Institutional Levels. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 02 01; 234(2):239-246.
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Demographic Disparity in Use of Telemedicine for Ambulatory General Surgical Consultation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the Initial Public Health Emergency and Second Phase Periods. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Feb 01; 234(2):191-202.
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The Experience of Virtual Interviews in Resident Selection: A Survey of Program Directors in Surgery. J Surg Res. 2022 02; 270:208-213.
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Surgical research journals - Under review: An assessment of diversity among editorial boards and outcomes of peer review. Am J Surg. 2021 Dec; 222(6):1104-1111.