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Descriptor English: Elective Surgical Procedures
Descriptor Spanish: Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Electivos
Descriptor procedimientos quirúrgicos electivos
Entry term(s) procedimiento quirúrgico electivo
Scope note: Cirugía que pudiera posponerse o no llegar a hacerse, sin daño para el paciente. La cirugía electiva incluye los procedimientos para corregir problemas médicos que no constituyen una amenaza para la vida, así como para aliviar las afecciones que provocan estrés psicológico y otros riesgos potenciales para los pacientes, como por ejemplo, las cirugías estética y anticonceptiva.
Descriptor Portuguese: Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Eletivos
Descriptor French: Interventions chirurgicales non urgentes
Entry term(s): Elective Surgical Procedure
Procedure, Elective Surgical
Procedures, Elective Surgical
Surgical Procedure, Elective
Surgical Procedures, Elective
Tree number(s): E04.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017558
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Surgical Procedures, Operative (1966-1993)
Public MeSH Note: 2015; see SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE 1998-2014; see SURGERY, ELECTIVE 1994-1997
History Note: 2015(1994)
Entry Version: ELECTIVE SURG PROCEDURES
Related: Prophylactic Surgical Procedures MeSH
DeCS ID: 31021
Unique ID: D017558
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2014/06/23
Elective Surgical Procedures - Preferred
Concept UI M0026618
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Elective Surgical Procedures
Entry term(s) Elective Surgical Procedure
Procedure, Elective Surgical
Procedures, Elective Surgical
Surgical Procedure, Elective
Surgical Procedures, Elective



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