"Operating Rooms" 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.
Facilities equipped for performing surgery.
| Descriptor ID |
D009873
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N02.278.388.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Operating Rooms- Operating Rooms
- Operating Room
- Room, Operating
- Rooms, Operating
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Operating Rooms".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Operating Rooms" by people in Profiles.
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Duquette K, Emmerick ICM, Niemi S, Maxfield M, Lou F, Uy K. Efficiency Quality Index for Lobectomy - Developing a Quality Assessment Tool Scoring System. J Surg Res. 2026 May; 321:244-251.
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Curtin P, Flood M, Vaickus M, DeFazio M, Conway A, Jones M. Attempted definitive revision amputations in emergency department vs operating room for traumatic finger injuries are associated with a high rate of revision surgery. Injury. 2026 Mar; 57(3):113067.
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Plewa D, Ricard C, Hockett D, Shehata D, Corrington A, Rizvi TZ, Lin Z, Castillo-Angeles M, Preston E, Dong L, Nepomnayshy D, Watkins A. Intraoperative Communication Among Men and Women Surgeons With Nursing and Anesthesia Providers. J Surg Res. 2025 05; 309:288-293.
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Dorante MI, Barron SL, Jones L, Freniere BB, Guo L. Utilization Fraction of Reduction Mammoplasty Instrument Sets: Cost Savings and Efficiency Opportunities. Ann Plast Surg. 2023 05 01; 90(5S Suppl 2):S130-S134.
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Palleiko BA, Balsam LB. Commentary: The Ergonomic Challenge of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Operating Room. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022; 34(4):1231-1232.
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Dias RD, Zenati MA, Conboy HM, Clarke LA, Osterweil LJ, Avrunin GS, Yule SJ. Dissecting Cardiac Surgery: A Video-based Recall Protocol to Elucidate Team Cognitive Processes in the Operating Room. Ann Surg. 2021 08 01; 274(2):e181-e186.
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Kilmarx SE, Balsam LB. Commentary: Nontechnical skills in the cardiac operating room: Assessing perfusionists with the Perfusionists' Intraoperative Non-Technical Skills tool. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 04; 165(4):1470-1471.
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Gabrysz-Forget F, Zahabi S, Young M, Nepomnayshy D, Nguyen LH. "It's a Big Part of Being Good Surgeons": Surgical Trainees' Perceptions of Error Recovery in the Operating Room. J Surg Educ. 2021 Nov-Dec; 78(6):2020-2029.
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Patel PG, DiBartola AC, Phieffer LS, Scharschmidt TJ, Mayerson JL, Glassman AH, Moffatt-Bruce SD, Quatman CE. Room Traffic in Orthopedic Surgery: A Prospective Clinical Observational Study of Time of Day. J Patient Saf. 2021 04 01; 17(3):e241-e246.
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Chen JX, Workman AD, Chari DA, Jung DH, Kozin ED, Lee DJ, Welling DB, Bleier BS, Quesnel AM. Demonstration and Mitigation of Aerosol and Particle Dispersion During Mastoidectomy Relevant to the COVID-19 Era. Otol Neurotol. 2020 10; 41(9):1230-1239.