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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Elective Surgical Procedures

Preferred term

Elective Surgical Procedures  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Elective Surgical Procedure
  • Procedure, Elective Surgical
  • Procedures, Elective Surgical
  • Surgical Procedure, Elective
  • Surgical Procedures, Elective

In other languages

  • French

  • Intervention chirurgicale de confort
  • Intervention chirurgicale élective
  • Intervention chirurgicale non urgente
  • Interventions chirurgicales de confort
  • Interventions chirurgicales électives

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-T1K4FHP8-B

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