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"Debridement" 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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The removal of foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Descriptor ID	D003646
MeSH Number(s)	E04.176
Concept/Terms	Debridement Debridement Debridements

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Debridement [E04.176]

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Bar chart showing 27 publications over 17 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2006	0	1	1
2009	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	2	2
2015	1	3	4
2016	0	1	1
2017	2	3	5
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	2	2
2020	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	2	2
2025	0	1	1

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Farzan JJ, Guart JA, Kulkarni N, Roberts S, De la Cruz-Ku G, Czerniach DR, Dinh KH. Managing Necrotizing Soft-Tissue Infection in Breast Cancer: A Case of Emergency Toilet Mastectomy. Am J Case Rep. 2025 May 12; 26:e946669.

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McGuire SP, Maatman TK, Ceppa EP, House MG, Nakeeb A, Nguyen TK, Schmidt CM, Zyromski NJ. Contemporary Intervention in Necrotizing Pancreatitis: Improved Understanding Changing Practice. J Gastrointest Surg. 2022 07; 26(7):1445-1452.

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Suresh K, Chari DA, Bartholomew RA, Tward AD, Kozin ED, Barshak MB, Holbrook EH, Lee DJ. A Rare Complication of Chronic Otitis Media: Central Skull Base Osteomyelitis Managed With Combined Endoscopic Transmastoid and Transsphenoidal Debridement. Otol Neurotol. 2022 03 01; 43(3):e344-e347.

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Maatman TK, McGuire SP, Flick KF, Madison MK, Al-Haddad MA, Bick BL, Ceppa EP, DeWitt JM, Easler JJ, Fogel EL, Gromski MA, House MG, Lehman GA, Nakeeb A, Schmidt CM, Sherman S, Watkins JL, Zyromski NJ. Outcomes in Endoscopic and Operative Transgastric Pancreatic Debridement. Ann Surg. 2021 09 01; 274(3):516-523.

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Sahu KK, Tsitsilianos N, Moselle L, Mishra AK. Septic arthritis of hip joint and its devastating complications. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Feb 11; 13(2).

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Vanni AJ. EDITORIAL COMMENT. Urology. 2019 12; 134:133.

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Parzych L, Jo J, Diwan A, Swart E. "Found Down" Compartment Syndrome: Experience from the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2019 Sep 04; 101(17):1569-1574.

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Gelbard RB, Ferrada P, Yeh DD, Williams BH, Loor M, Yon J, Mentzer C, Khwaja K, Khan MA, Kohli A, Bulger EM, Robinson BRH. Optimal timing of initial debridement for necrotizing soft tissue infection: A Practice Management Guideline from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 07; 85(1):208-214.

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Diwan A, Eberlin KR, Smith RM. The principles and practice of open fracture care, 2018. Chin J Traumatol. 2018 Aug; 21(4):187-192.

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Roch AM, Maatman T, Carr RA, Easler JJ, Schmidt CM, House MG, Nakeeb A, Ceppa EP, Zyromski NJ. Evolving treatment of necrotizing pancreatitis. Am J Surg. 2018 Mar; 215(3):526-529.

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