Disciplines and Occupations

Surgical Specialties

Various branches of surgical practice limited to specialized areas.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Various branches of surgical practice limited to specialized areas.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Specialties, Surgical

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with the field or subject (IM); note many specific surgical specialties are available including GENERAL SURGERY; military surgery specialty = MILITARY MEDICINE (IM) + SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL (IM); DF: SURG

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Certification (1968-1977)
  • Specialty Boards (1977-1979)
  • Surgery (1966-1979)

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  1. H02w.403w.810

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NLM Classification

WO 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Surgical Specialties. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013043. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013043
  2. Surgical Specialties. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69953032