"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "General Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Mentorship of Junior Surgical Faculty Across Academic Programs in Surgery. JAMA Surg. 2024 Nov 01; 159(11):1252-1260.
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Should Robotic Surgery Training Become a General Surgery Residency Requirement? A National Survey of Program Directors in Surgery. J Surg Educ. 2022 Nov-Dec; 79(6):e242-e247.
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Informed consent training improves surgery resident performance in simulated encounters with standardized patients. Am J Surg. 2015 Sep; 210(3):578-84.
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The forgotten MASH surgeon: the story of Alvin Vincent Blount Jr, MD. J Natl Med Assoc. 2012 Mar-Apr; 104(3-4):221-3.
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Toward robust information: data quality and inter-rater reliability in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. J Am Coll Surg. 2010 Jan; 210(1):6-16.
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Injury and violence in Los Angeles. Impact on access to health care and surgical education. Arch Surg. 1992 Jun; 127(6):671-6.
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