General Surgery - Trends
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Breast cancer: from the earliest times through to the end of the 20th century.

23 Apr 2009 Breast cancer is a daunting disease and constitutes a continuing medical health problem through the ages for millions of women worldwide. Physicians, from the early periods of recorded history have tried to heal breast cancer patients, with results ... Read more...

Maryland's surgical workforce-2007: an in-depth analysis and implications for the future.

27 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Critical decisions about the future supply of surgeons must be based on an accurate assessment of current surgical manpower. This study examined the demographics and clinical activities of seven surgical subspecialty groups on the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'General Surgery - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [János Balassa memorial lecture] 30 Jul 2009
• Advances in cardiac and aortic surgery. Foreword. 30 Jul 2009
• [Surgical education] 22 Jun 2009
• Perspectives for the IJS. 30 May 2009
• Sir Gordon Bell Memorial Lecture 2008: academic surgery: a turning tide? 30 May 2009
• In defense of general surgery: rewards, threats, and challenges. 30 May 2009
• Combat injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan help rewrite the book on war surgery. 11 May 2009
• All things to all people: is this possible in surgery in the 21st century? 29 Apr 2009
• The lesson of anatomy. 29 Apr 2009
• New world of patient safety: 23rd Annual Samuel Jason Mixter lecture. 29 Apr 2009
• Historian's address: When the Space Needle was new: recollections of surgery and Seattle in the era of century 21. 29 Apr 2009
• Breast cancer: from the earliest times through to the end of the 20th century. 23 Apr 2009
• The mechanisms of action of vacuum assisted closure: more to learn. 17 Apr 2009
• [80 years and not even a bit boring--how time passes] 30 Mar 2009
• The last of the general surgeons? 30 Mar 2009
• [György Bérci--88 years of age] 30 Mar 2009
• Future of academic surgery in Australia. 30 Mar 2009
• New technologies, more complex procedures, and a host of external constraints have changed where and how surgical skills are taught. 30 Mar 2009
• Maryland's surgical workforce-2007: an in-depth analysis and implications for the future. 27 Feb 2009
• Resident work hour restrictions and the future of medical student surgical education. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'General Surgery'

Definition: A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities.

Descriptor UI: D013502

Alternative terms: General Surgery; Surgery, General; Surgery;

Related Mesh Headings: Surgical Procedures, Operative; Barber Surgeons;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.403.810.300;

History Note: 2009 (1974)

Technical Notes: SPEC only: prefer /surg with organs & dis: Manual 19.7+, 19.8.70; the surgeon & specialty go here: the surgical patient = SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE: Manual 26.15+; /instrum = SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS or SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; military surgery = MILITARY MEDICINE (IM) + GENERAL SURGERY (IM) if the specialty; DF: SURG