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 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2008 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2009 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 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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Novel Intraoperative Applications of Fluorescence Imaging Using Indocyanine Green in Pediatric Urology. Curr Urol Rep. 2025 Feb 05; 26(1):26.
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Ultra minimally invasive surgical stabilization of Rib fractures (uMI-SSRF): reduction and fixation techniques to minimize the surgical wound. World J Emerg Surg. 2024 11 15; 19(1):35.
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Assessing minimally invasive simple hysterectomy in low risk cervical cancer: set up for the LASH trial. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 Nov 04; 34(11):1805-1808.
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Geographic and racial disparities in the quality of surgical care among patients with nonmetastatic uterine cancer. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Mar; 232(3):308.e1-308.e15.
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Maximizing Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery With Enhanced Recovery (ERAS). Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jul-Aug; 19(4):371-379.
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Advancing minimally invasive hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery: barriers to adoption and equitable access. Surg Endosc. 2024 Oct; 38(10):5643-5650.
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A minimally invasive, combined approach to the recurrent/recalcitrant sino-orbital mucocele. Orbit. 2025 Feb; 44(1):18-23.
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ASO Author Reflections: The More We See the More We are Capable of Seeing: Optimal Minimally Invasive Management of de Novo Pancreas Cancer After Prior Laparoscopic Whipple for Pancreas Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Oct; 31(10):7072-7073.
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Using a Cold Fibrillatory Cardiac Arrest Technique in Patients With Prior Cardiac Surgery. Tex Heart Inst J. 2024 Jul 19; 51(2).
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Robot-assisted minimally invasive oesophagectomy versus thoracoscopic approach: multi-institutional study on short-term outcomes. BJS Open. 2024 Jul 02; 8(4).