"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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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "General Surgery".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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