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Abstract
An incision made during a surgical procedure.
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7 entry terms
- Surgical Incision
- Incision, Surgical
- Incisions, Surgical
- Surgical Incisions
- Surgical Wounds
- Wound, Surgical
- Wounds, Surgical
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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)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Surgical Wound. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072836. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072836
- Surgical Wound. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postoperative_wounds
- Surgical Wound. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4335229