Elective Surgical Procedures

"Elective 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.

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Surgery which could be postponed or not done at all without danger to the patient. Elective surgery includes procedures to correct non-life-threatening medical problems as well as to alleviate conditions causing psychological stress or other potential risk to patients, e.g., cosmetic or contraceptive surgery.

Descriptor ID	D017558
MeSH Number(s)	E04.249
Concept/Terms	Elective Surgical Procedures Elective Surgical Procedures Surgical Procedures, Elective Procedures, Elective Surgical Surgical Procedure, Elective Elective Surgical Procedure Procedure, Elective Surgical

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Elective Surgical Procedures [E04.249]

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Bar chart showing 76 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2000	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	2	2
2006	0	1	1
2007	0	3	3
2008	0	2	2
2010	1	2	3
2011	1	1	2
2013	1	4	5
2014	2	2	4
2015	1	2	3
2016	1	1	2
2017	3	2	5
2018	1	1	2
2019	6	5	11
2020	5	4	9
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	4	4
2023	0	2	2
2024	1	1	2
2025	1	4	5
2026	1	1	2

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Mott NM, Benitez TM, Connochie DM, Klamerus ML, Bernstein SJ, Kerr EA, Ibrahim AM, Harris AHS, Rosen AK, Howard RA, Meddings JA, Klag EA, Laidlaw AT, Amanatullah DF, Hope WW, Sears ED. Defining Expanded Episode-Based Surgical Quality Measurement. JAMA Netw Open. 2026 Apr 01; 9(4):e266176.

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Hantouli MN, Schmicker RH, Tufte JE, Ali FG, Bennett RD, Cohan JN, Comstock BA, Curran T, Davidson GH, Eisenstein S, Fischkoff KN, Fleming FJ, Gribovskaja-Rupp I, Jafari MD, Kessler LG, Krane MK, Lawrence SO, McCormick JT, Millas SG, Morris AM, Pullar KM, Reinke CE, Saraidaridis JT, Simianu VV, Watkins SP, White NB, Wick EC, Wieghard N, Flum DR, Read TE. Comparison of Surgery and Medicine on the Impact of Diverticulitis (COSMID) trial: a protocol for a pragmatic randomised study of diverticulitis treatment in the USA. BMJ Open. 2026 Jan 08; 16(1):e098309.

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Zammitti C, Megafu O, Lee S, Phan Q, Alavi K, Sturrock P, Maykel J, Aulet T. Multidisciplinary Preoperative Immunonutrition Initiative in Colon and Rectal Surgery. J Surg Res. 2025 12; 316:254-263.

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Wang KY, Xu K, Liu Y, Alshanniek S, Newmeyer N, Mesnik L, Prudhivi V, Chase T, Rangasamy V, Sison SM, Shi SM, Travison TG, Subramaniam B, Kim DH. Multi-Component Prehabilitation Program for Older Adults Undergoing Major Elective Surgery: A Pilot and Feasibility Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Nov; 73(11):3387-3395.

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Jones DW, Simons JP, Markert EX, MacGibbon C, Huang J, Lin JQ, Susnea S, Baumer BS, Scali S, Stone DH, Schermerhorn M, Schanzer A. Earned outcome metrics outperform recommended open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair volume guidelines in discriminating perioperative mortality among centers. J Vasc Surg. 2025 12; 82(6):2036-2045.e2.

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Angeles JPM, Abella MKIL, McGovern AG, Espiritu JRB, Bankston ME, Arora P, Koltsov JCB, Finlay AK, Giori NJ, Huddleston JI, Maloney WJ, Goodman SB, Amanatullah DF. Patients Who Have Limited English Proficiency Are More Likely to Receive Elective Total Joint Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty. 2026 Mar; 41(3):674-679.

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Gaetani RS, Jonczyk MM, Kleiman DA, Kuhnen AH, Marcello PW, Saraidaridis JT, Abelson JS. Readmission and Adoption of Early Discharge After Colectomy Using ACS-NSQIP: Is It Time for Widespread Adoption? J Surg Res. 2025 05; 309:242-248.

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Fernandez-Bustamante A, Parker RA, Frendl G, Lee JW, Nagrebetsky A, Grecu L, Amar D, Tanaka P, Sprung J, Gupta RA, Subramanian B, Giquel J, Eikermann M, Musch G, Nadler JW, Gama de Abreu M, Bartels K, Grover M, Chen LL, Sparling J, Douin DJ, Weingarten T, Wagener G, Thompson BT, Vidal Melo MF. Perioperative lung expansion and pulmonary outcomes after open abdominal surgery versus usual care in the USA (PRIME-AIR): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Respir Med. 2025 May; 13(5):447-459.

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Anwar SN, Dombek GE, Hayes CE, McMahon MJ, Munroe C, Abelson JS, Hall JF, Kleiman DA, Kuhnen AH, Marcello PW, Saraidaridis JT. Long-term Follow-up After an Initial Episode of Diverticulitis: A 13-Year Update. Dis Colon Rectum. 2025 02 01; 68(2):234-241.

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Ramirez JL, Sung E, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Boitano LT, Ulloa JG, Iannuzzi JC. A Novel Preoperative Risk Score to Identify Patients at High Risk for Nonhome Discharge after Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Jan; 110(Pt A):265-273.

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