Unnecessary Procedures

"Unnecessary 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.

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Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient.

Descriptor ID	D019564
MeSH Number(s)	N02.421.380.450.500 N05.300.150.395.450.500
Concept/Terms	Unnecessary Procedures Unnecessary Procedures Procedure, Unnecessary Procedures, Unnecessary Unnecessary Procedure Unnecessary Surgery Unnecessary Surgery Surgery, Unnecessary

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Unnecessary Procedures".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Health Services Misuse [N02.421.380]
Medical Overuse [N02.421.380.450]
Unnecessary Procedures [N02.421.380.450.500]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Attitude to Health [N05.300.150]
Health Services Misuse [N05.300.150.395]
Medical Overuse [N05.300.150.395.450]
Unnecessary Procedures [N05.300.150.395.450.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Unnecessary Procedures".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Unnecessary Procedures".

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	2	1	3
2013	2	0	2
2014	1	1	2
2015	1	0	1
2016	2	1	3
2017	2	3	5
2018	0	3	3
2020	1	0	1
2023	1	1	2

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Forsyth AM, Simons JP. An Assessment of the Society for Vascular Surgery Appropriate Use Criteria for the Management of Intermittent Claudication: Key Findings and Considerations for Implementation. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Oct; 107:13-16.

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Harris AHS, Finlay AK, Hagedorn HJ, Manfredi L, Jones G, Kamal RN, Sears ED, Hawn M, Eisenberg D, Pershing S, Mudumbai S. Identifying Strategies to Reduce Low-Value Preoperative Testing for Low-Risk Procedures: a Qualitative Study of Facilities with High or Recently Improved Levels of Testing. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 Nov; 38(14):3209-3215.

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Ho H, Williamson C, Regis SM, Stock CT, Quadri SM, McKee BJ, McKee AB, Servais EL. Surgery and invasive diagnostic procedures for benign disease are rare in a large low-dose computed tomography lung cancer screening program. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Mar; 161(3):790-802.e2.

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Johnson PT, Bello JA, Chatfield MB, Flug JA, Pandharipande PV, Rohatgi S, Fishman EK, Megibow AJ. New ACR Choosing Wisely Recommendations: Judicious Use of Multiphase?Abdominal CT Protocols. J Am Coll Radiol. 2019 01; 16(1):56-60.

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Jawaid S, Marya N, Gondal B, Maranda L, Marshall C, Charpentier J, Rupawala A, Al-Sayid M, Singh A, Foley A, Volturo G, Cave D. Lower Endoscopic Diagnostic Yields Observed in Non-hematemesis Gastrointestinal Bleeding Patients. Dig Dis Sci. 2018 12; 63(12):3448-3456.

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Ko LN, Garza-Mayers AC, St John J, Strazzula L, Vedak P, Dobry AS, Kroshinsky D. Clinical Usefulness of Imaging and Blood Cultures in Cellulitis Evaluation. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 07 01; 178(7):994-996.

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Rynecki ND, Coban D, Gantz O, Gupta R, Ayyaswami V, Prabhu AV, Ruskin J, Lin SS, Beebe KS. Medical Malpractice in Orthopedic Surgery: A Westlaw-Based Demographic Analysis. Orthopedics. 2018 Sep 01; 41(5):e615-e620.

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Bolt C, O'Keeffe F, Finnegan P, Dickson K, Smit V, Fitzgerald MC, Mitra B. Straight leg elevation to rule out pelvic injury. Injury. 2018 Feb; 49(2):279-283.

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Raschke RA, Gallo T, Curry SC, Whiting T, Padilla-Jones A, Warkentin TE, Puri A. Clinical effectiveness of a Bayesian algorithm for the diagnosis and management of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. J Thromb Haemost. 2017 08; 15(8):1640-1645.

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Steffen K, Doctor A, Hoerr J, Gill J, Markham C, Brown SM, Cohen D, Hansen R, Kryzer E, Richards J, Small S, Valentine S, York JL, Proctor EK, Spinella PC. Controlling Phlebotomy Volume Diminishes PICU Transfusion: Implementation Processes and Impact. Pediatrics. 2017 Aug; 140(2).

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