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Specialties, Surgical MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Specialties, Surgical
Tree Number(s)
H02.403.810
Unique ID
D013043
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013043
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
Scope Note
Various branches of surgical practice limited to specialized areas.
Entry Version
SPECIALTIES SURG
Entry Term(s)
Surgical Specialties
NLM Classification #
WO 21
Previous Indexing
Certification (1968-1977)
Specialty Boards (1977-1979)
Surgery (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note
80
History Note
80
Date Introduced
1980/01/01
Last Updated
2013/07/09
Specialties, Surgical Preferred
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