Elective Surgical Procedures

Surgery which could be postponed or not done at all without danger to the patient. Elective surgery includes procedures to correct non-life-threatening medical problems as well as to alleviate conditions causing psychological stress or other potential risk to patients, e.g., cosmetic or contraceptive surgery.

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Networked: 301 relevant articles (3 outcomes, 28 trials/studies)

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Experts

1.	Wright, Jason D: 3 articles (01/2021 - 11/2017)
2.	Rose, Liam: 2 articles (12/2021 - 01/2021)
3.	Bonati, Elena: 2 articles (11/2021 - 11/2020)
4.	Cozzani, Federico: 2 articles (11/2021 - 11/2020)
5.	Del Rio, Paolo: 2 articles (11/2021 - 11/2020)
6.	Giuffrida, Mario: 2 articles (11/2021 - 11/2020)
7.	Rossini, Matteo: 2 articles (11/2021 - 11/2020)
8.	Kaye, Alan D: 2 articles (09/2020 - 01/2020)
9.	Alas, Haddy: 2 articles (06/2020 - 10/2019)
10.	Bortz, Cole: 2 articles (06/2020 - 10/2019)

Related Diseases

1.	Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) 08/01/2000 - "The skin-stretching device has been used effectively in dogs and cats to stretch skin prior to elective surgical procedures, stretch skin during management of open wounds prior to suturing, and alleviate incisional tension after surgery." 07/13/2023 - "A total of general surgery and vascular surgery patients with clean and clean contaminated wound undergoing elective surgical procedures were included in the study. " 06/01/2021 - "Elective surgical procedures were suspended; however, trauma and acute care services remained active and faced unique challenges during this pandemic. " 01/01/2014 - "Although rare, they have been reported after typical facial trauma as well as elective surgical procedures. " 09/01/2010 - "Surgical and trauma intensive care units provide the facilities, resources, and personnel needed to care for patients who have been severely injured, present with acute surgical emergencies, require prolonged and complex elective surgical procedures, or have severe underlying medical conditions. "
2.	Chronic Pain 05/20/2014 - "Total hip replacement (THR) is a common elective surgical procedure and can be effective for reducing chronic pain. " 01/01/2020 - "In addition, even during the Phase II and III of reopening, chronic pain patients and interventional pain physicians have faced difficulties because of the priority selection of elective surgical procedures.Chronic"
3.	Peptic Ulcer (Peptic Ulcers) 04/01/2018 - "With the improvement in medical therapy for peptic ulcers, the number of elective surgical procedures has come down. " 08/01/2009 - "The advent of medical therapy for peptic ulcer has remarkably decreased the number of elective surgical procedures. "
4.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 06/01/2021 - "This was a single-center study, including cancer patients from all surgical departments, who underwent elective surgical procedures during the first peak phase between March 10 and June 30, 2020. " 01/01/1990 - "This study presents an examination of a program of autologous blood deposit for cancer patients undergoing elective surgical procedures. " 06/01/2020 - "Although benign elective surgical procedures can be postponed to a distant time during this pandemic, surgical interventions for urgent and life-threatening situations are mandatory to perform but the main uncertainty among surgeons is about cancer patients. " 01/01/2020 - "Patients aged 75 years and older who underwent an elective surgical procedure with a hospital stay of at least 1 day at a single tertiary-care cancer center between February 2015 and February 2018 were included. " 01/01/2020 - "Surgeon General, the American College of Srugeons, and other surgical professional societies recommended postponing elective surgical procedures and proceeding cautiously with cancer procedures that may require significant hospital resources and expose vulnerable patients to the virus. "
5.	COVID-19 10/01/2021 - "This study aimed to explore the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and postponement of elective surgical procedures for profoundly deaf patients awaiting cochlear implantation. " 11/01/2020 - "The purpose of this study is to estimate national hospital reimbursement and net income losses owing to elective surgical procedure cancellation during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. " 08/01/2023 - "Amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, the US Surgeon General ordered hospitals and healthcare systems to stop all elective surgical procedures. " 03/24/2023 - "This cross-sectional study included 398 patients from tertiary hospitals in Palestine whose elective surgical procedures were deferred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. " 01/01/2023 - "Globally, 28.4 million non-emergent ('elective') surgical procedures have been deferred during the COVID-19 pandemic. "

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2.	Opioid Analgesics (Opioids)
3.	salicylhydroxamic acid (SHAM)
4.	Lipids
5.	Anesthetics (Anesthetic Agents)
6.	recombinant FVIIa (rFVIIa)
7.	Factor Xa Inhibitors
8.	Leptin Receptors
9.	Proton Pump Inhibitors
10.	Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors (COX-2 Inhibitors)

Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Therapeutics
2.	Hip Replacement Arthroplasty (Total Hip Replacement)
3.	Length of Stay
4.	General Anesthesia
5.	Vascular Surgical Procedures