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Surgery, Computer-Assisted MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Surgery, Computer-Assisted
Tree Number(s)
E04.749
Unique ID
D025321
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D025321
Scope Note
Surgical procedures conducted with the aid of computers. Used in various types of surgery for implant placement and instrument guidance. Image-guided surgery interactively combines prior CT scans or MRI images with real-time video.
Entry Version
SURG COMPUTER ASSISTED
Entry Term(s)
Computer-Aided Surgery
Computer-Assisted Surgery
Image-Guided Surgery
Surgery, Image-Guided
Surgical Navigation
Previous Indexing
Therapy, Computer-Assisted (1988-2001)
See Also
Image-Guided Biopsy
Therapy, Computer-Assisted
Public MeSH Note
2002
History Note
2002
Date Established
2002/01/01
Date of Entry
2001/07/25
Revision Date
2020/06/09
Surgery, Computer-Assisted Preferred
Surgery, Image-Guided Related
Surgical Navigation Narrower
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