Unnecessary Procedures

"Unnecessary Procedures" 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.

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Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative procedures prescribed and performed by health professionals, the results of which do not justify the benefits or hazards and costs to the patient.

Descriptor ID	D019564
MeSH Number(s)	N02.421.380.450.500 N05.300.150.395.450.500
Concept/Terms	Unnecessary Procedures Unnecessary Procedures Procedure, Unnecessary Procedures, Unnecessary Unnecessary Procedure Unnecessary Surgery Unnecessary Surgery Surgery, Unnecessary

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Unnecessary Procedures".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Health Services Misuse [N02.421.380]
Medical Overuse [N02.421.380.450]
Unnecessary Procedures [N02.421.380.450.500]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Delivery of Health Care [N05.300]
Attitude to Health [N05.300.150]
Health Services Misuse [N05.300.150.395]
Medical Overuse [N05.300.150.395.450]
Unnecessary Procedures [N05.300.150.395.450.500]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2013	2	0	2
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2018	0	1	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	0	1	1

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Babajide R, Carbunaru S, Nettey OS, Watson KS, Holloway-Beth A, McDowell T, Ben Levi J, Murray M, Stinson J, Hollowell CMP, Dalton DP, Moore L, Kittles RA, Gann PH, Schaeffer EM, Murphy AB. Performance of Prostate Health Index in Biopsy Na?ve Black Men. J Urol. 2021 03; 205(3):718-724.

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Squires JE, Graham ID, Grinspun D, Lavis J, L?gar? F, Bell R, Bornstein S, Brien SE, Dobrow M, Greenough M, Estabrooks CA, Hillmer M, Horsley T, Katz A, Krause C, Levinson W, Levy A, Mancuso M, Maybee A, Morgan S, Penno LN, Neuner A, Rader T, Roberts J, Teare G, Tepper J, Vandyk A, Widmeyer D, Wilson M, Grimshaw JM. Inappropriateness of health care in Canada: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev. 2019 02 11; 8(1):50.

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Li A, Shah R, Han X, Sood A, Steffes C, Kwon D. Pancreaticoduodenectomy and placement of operative enteral access: Better or worse? Am J Surg. 2019 03; 217(3):458-462.

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Sentell TL, Seto TB, Young MM, Vawer M, Quensell ML, Braun KL, Taira DA. Pathways to potentially preventable hospitalizations for diabetes and heart failure: a qualitative analysis of patient perspectives. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 07 26; 16:300.

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Stub D, Smith K, Bernard S, Nehme Z, Stephenson M, Bray JE, Cameron P, Barger B, Ellims AH, Taylor AJ, Meredith IT, Kaye DM. Air Versus Oxygen in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2015 Jun 16; 131(24):2143-50.

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Tan A, Kuo YF, Elting LS, Goodwin JS. Refining physician quality indicators for screening mammography in older women: distinguishing appropriate use from overuse. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Mar; 61(3):380-7.

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Sheffield KM, McAdams PS, Benarroch-Gampel J, Goodwin JS, Boyd CA, Zhang D, Riall TS. Overuse of preoperative cardiac stress testing in medicare patients undergoing elective noncardiac surgery. Ann Surg. 2013 Jan; 257(1):73-80.

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Sachdeva R, Uretsky BF. The effect of CTO recanalization on FFR of the donor artery. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Feb 15; 77(3):367-9.

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Mawson AR. Reducing cesarean delivery rates in managed care organizations. Am J Manag Care. 2002 Aug; 8(8):730-40.

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