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Surgery - Research News and Information
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Definition of 'Surgery'A specialty in which manual or operative procedures are used in the treatment of disease, injuries, or deformities. Common names: Surgery |
27 Sep 2008 
BACKGROUND: Interest in both general surgery and surgical subspecialties has been declining among Canadian medical students. Studies have shown that a student's desire to practise surgery is largely determined before entry into medical school. As ... Read more...
18 Sep 2008 
Authority-based surgery is slowly being replaced by evidence-based surgery. New and existing interventions are increasingly being studied in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). RCTs allow not only for comparison of different types of surgical ... Read more...
30 Aug 2008 The relevance, structure, focus, form, and content of modern clinical case reporting and case series research may be seen and understood only in the context of evaluation in medicine and surgery today. The benefits and effectiveness of surgery ... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Surgery'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Switching swine for simulators: at what cost? 5 Oct 2008
- A piece of my mind. Saturday.
4 Oct 2008 - Assessing the vital signs of regional surgical societies: what is the prognosis? 29 Sep 2008
- Re: A systematic review of skills transfer after surgical simulation training. 29 Sep 2008
- Codes of professionalism and ethics. 27 Sep 2008
- Challenges and solutions to expanded satellite clerkship rotations. 27 Sep 2008
- Choosing a career in surgery: factors that influence Canadian medical students' interest in pursuing a surgical career. 27 Sep 2008
- Safety of surgical personnel: a global concern. 25 Sep 2008
- [Evidence-based surgery] 18 Sep 2008
- Clinical case reports and case series research in evaluating surgery. Part I. The context: general aspects of evaluation applied to surgery. 30 Aug 2008
- The surgeon: a changing profile. 30 Aug 2008
- Decreased bile duct injury rate during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the era of the 80-hour resident workweek. 30 Aug 2008
- Laboratory-based instruction for skin closure and bowel anastomosis for surgical residents. 30 Aug 2008
- Surgical training and global health: initial results of a 5-year partnership with a surgical training program in a low-income country. 30 Aug 2008
- Tribute to a legend. 30 Aug 2008
- Systematic review of randomized controlled trials on the effectiveness of virtual reality training for laparoscopic surgery. 28 Aug 2008
- Continuous low-dose ketamine improves the analgesic effects of fentanyl patient-controlled analgesia after cervical spine surgery. 28 Aug 2008
- Presidential address: International medical graduates in the surgical workforce and the Veterans Affairs hospitals: where are we coming from? Where are we going? 28 Aug 2008
- Commentary on Itani's presidential address. 28 Aug 2008
- A historic perspective on the contributions of surgeons to the understanding of acute pancreatitis. 28 Aug 2008
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Technical information about '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: 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: G02.403.810.762;
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) + SURGERY (IM) if the specialty; DF: SURG