Diseases

Surgical Wound

An incision made during a surgical procedure.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

An incision made during a surgical procedure.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Surgical Incision
  • Incision, Surgical
  • Incisions, Surgical
  • Surgical Incisions
  • Surgical Wounds
  • Wound, Surgical
  • Wounds, Surgical

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Surgical Wound Infection (1963-2016)
  • Wound Healing (1963-2016)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. C26w.859w

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NLM Classification

WO 185

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Surgical Wound. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072836. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072836
  2. Surgical Wound. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postoperative_wounds
  3. Surgical Wound. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4335229