"Preoperative Care" 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.
Care given during the period prior to undergoing surgery when psychological and physical preparations are made according to the special needs of the individual patient. This period spans the time between admission to the hospital to the time the surgery begins. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D011300
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.795 E04.604.750 N02.421.585.795
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| Concept/Terms |
Preoperative Procedure- Preoperative Procedure
- Procedure, Preoperative
- Procedures, Preoperative
- Preoperative Procedures
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2006 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2009 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 2012 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 2013 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| 2014 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 | 6 | 15 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Preoperative Care" by people in Profiles.
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[Cataract in childhood-Part?1 : Diagnostics and preoperative management]. Ophthalmologie. 2025 May; 122(5):410-418.
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International multispecialty expert physician preoperative identification of extranodal extension in patients with oropharyngeal cancer using computed tomography: Prospective blinded human inter-observer performance evaluation. Cancer. 2025 Apr 01; 131(7):e35815.
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Preoperative estimated glomerular filtration rate to predict cardiac events in major noncardiac surgery: a secondary analysis of two large international studies. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Feb; 134(2):297-307.
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Accuracy of pre-operative tumor size assessment compared to final pathology and frequency of adjuvant treatment in patients with FIGO 2018 stage IB2 cervical cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 12 02; 34(12):1861-1866.
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Probabilistic Presurgical Language fMRI Atlas of Patients with Brain Tumors. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Nov 07; 45(11):1798-1804.
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Surgery for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Preoperative Planning, Technical Considerations, and Building a Program. Surg Clin North Am. 2024 Oct; 104(5):1031-1048.
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Hypofractionated Preoperative Radiation Should Not Yet Be Used as Standard of Care for Extremity and Truncal Soft Tissue Sarcoma. J Clin Oncol. 2024 Dec 20; 42(36):4240-4245.
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Moderately hypofractionated, preoperative radiotherapy in patients with soft tissue sarcomas (HYPORT-STS): Updated local control, late toxicities, and patient-reported outcomes. Cancer. 2025 Jan 01; 131(1):e35542.
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PRECISE: Preoperative Radiation Therapy to Elicit Critical Immune Stimulating Effects-A Phase 2 Clinical Trial. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2025 Jan 01; 121(1):90-96.
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Improving Surgical Care and Outcomes in Older Cancer Patients Through Implementation of a Presurgical Toolkit (OPTI-Surg)-Final Results of a Phase III Cluster Randomized Trial (Alliance A231601CD). Ann Surg. 2024 Oct 01; 280(4):623-632.