"Thoracic 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 surgical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart, lungs, and esophagus. Two major types of thoracic surgery are classified as pulmonary and cardiovascular.
| Descriptor ID |
D013903
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.803
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thoracic Surgery" by people in this website by year, and whether "Thoracic Surgery" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Adopting robotic thoracic surgery impacts hospital overall lung resection case volume. Am J Surg. 2022 03; 223(3):571-575.
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American Association for Thoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Ethics Forum Mini-Symposium: Measuring surgical competence: Why, when, how, and what to do about it. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 09; 164(3):1011-1013.
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Unethical studies on transplantation in cardiothoracic surgery journals. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Dec; 162(6):1647-1653.
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Unethical Studies on Transplantation in Cardiothoracic Surgery Journals. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 12; 112(6):1746-1752.
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Global health initiatives in cardiothoracic surgery: Ethical considerations and guidelines. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 06; 161(6):2114-2118.
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Global Health Initiatives in Cardiothoracic Surgery: Ethical Considerations and Guidelines. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 01; 111(1):24-28.
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Influence of Early Extubation Location on Outcomes Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020 10; 21(10):e915-e921.
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Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Pandemics: Ethical Considerations. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 08; 110(2):355-358.
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Transatlantic editorial: Institutional investigations of ethically flawed reports in cardiothoracic surgery journals. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 04 01; 57(4):617-619.
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Transatlantic editorial: Institutional investigations of ethically flawed reports in cardiothoracic surgery journals. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 05; 159(5):1903-1905.