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MeSH Heading: Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Tree Number(s): E04.502
Unique ID: D019060
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019060
Annotation: IM general only
Scope Note: Procedures that avoid use of open, invasive surgery in favor of closed or local surgery. These generally involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-controlled manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or similar device.
Entry Version: MINIMAL INVASIVE SURG PROCEDURES
Entry Term(s): Minimal Access Surgical Procedures; Minimal Surgical Procedure; Minimal Surgical Procedures; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure; Procedure, Minimal Surgical; Procedures, Minimal Access Surgical; Procedures, Minimal Surgical; Procedures, Minimally Invasive Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Minimal; Surgical Procedures, Minimal; Surgical Procedures, Minimal Access; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
Previous Indexing: Surgery, Laparoscopic (1990-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 2015; see SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE 1998-2014; see SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE 1996-1997
History Note: 2015 (1996)
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/05
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

education (ED)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]

Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Preferred

Concept UI: M0028453
Scope Note: Procedures that avoid use of open, invasive surgery in favor of closed or local surgery. These generally involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-controlled manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or similar device.
Terms: Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures Preferred Term
Term UI T056927
Date02/06/1995
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Minimal Surgical Procedure
Term UI T056929
Date06/03/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Minimal Surgical Procedures
Term UI T056934
Date10/11/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Minimally Invasive Surgery
Term UI T836885
Date02/05/2013
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2014); Procedure, Minimal Surgical
Term UI T056930
Date06/03/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Procedures, Minimal Access Surgical
Term UI T056923
Date06/03/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Procedures, Minimal Surgical
Term UI T056931
Date06/03/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Procedures, Minimally Invasive Surgical
Term UI T056926
Date06/03/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure
Term UI T001006883
Date02/04/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Surgical Procedure, Minimal
Term UI T056932
Date06/03/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Surgical Procedures, Minimal
Term UI T056933
Date10/11/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Surgical Procedures, Minimal Access
Term UI T056924
Date03/07/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Minimal Access Surgical Procedures
Term UI T056925
Date03/07/1996
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1997); Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
Term UI T056928
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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