"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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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2018 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025 | 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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Price AD, Nasim BW, Montgomery KB, Layne DL, Cortez AR, Abelson JS, Patel JA. A Multi-institutional Study From the US Resident Operative Experience Consortium Examining Factors Associated With Exposure and Pursuit of Colorectal Fellowship After General Surgery Residency. Dis Colon Rectum. 2025 May 01; 68(5):637-646.
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Fan EY, Megafu O, Lee J, Robinson SA, Bernal ES, Cleary M, Simons JP. Diversifying the Surgical Workforce: Understanding Barriers to Inform Solutions. J Surg Educ. 2025 Mar; 82(3):103418.
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Scarola S, Morrison L, Gandsas A, Cahan M, Turcotte J, Weltz A. Evaluating the Impact of Surgical Residents on Hospital Quality and Operational Metrics. J Surg Educ. 2025 Feb; 82(2):103374.
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Rosenberg M, Subillaga O, Perez Coulter A, Tashjian D, Seymour N, Tirabassi MV. Impact of Gift Giving During General Surgery Resident Match Interviewing Since Initiation of Virtual Interviews. J Surg Educ. 2024 Nov; 81(11):1498-1503.
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Ellison EC, Stain SC, Lillemoe KD. Introduction to the Contemporary Assessment and Recommendations to Enhance Surgical Education and Training: Reports of the Subcommittees of the Blue Ribbon Committee II. Ann Surg. 2025 Jan 01; 281(1):1-2.
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Reddington H, Chung S, Rashid G, LaFemina J. Removing Percentile Scores from the ABSITE is a Net Benefit to Residents and Other Stakeholders. J Surg Educ. 2024 Sep; 81(9):1195-1197.
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Hanson MN, Hughes D, Alseidi A, Bittner JG, Romanelli J, Vassiliou M, Feldman LS, Asbun H. The joy of surgery: how gender influences surgeons' experiences. Surg Endosc. 2024 Aug; 38(8):4624-4632.
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Stain SC, Ellison EC, Farmer DL, Flynn TC, Freischlag JA, Matthews JB, Newman RW, Chen X, Stefanidis D, Britt LD, Buyske J, Fisher K, Sachdeva AK, Turner PL. The Blue Ribbon Committee II Report and Recommendations on Surgical Education and Training in the United States: 2024. Ann Surg. 2024 Oct 01; 280(4):535-546.
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Stain SC. The American Surgical Association in the 21st Century. Ann Surg. 2024 Sep 01; 280(3):353-362.
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Sawhney VS, Chugh PV, Sachs TE, Hayes Dixon A, Nfonsam V, Chaer R, Barry C, Kenzik K, Chen H, Tseng JF. Observations on the Representation of Asians in Surgical Training and Leadership. J Surg Res. 2024 Jul; 299:51-55.