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Introduction
Introduction of pharmaceutical agent(s) through a hypodermic needle into a vein (IV), artery (intra-arterial), muscle (IM), subcutaneous tissue (SC), intradermally or into other body cavities with or without use of a hypodermic needle.
More general terms
More specific terms
- aspiration/injection of bone cyst
- aspiration/injection of thyroid cyst
- autologous leukocyte concentrate injection
- epidural glucocorticoid injection; epidural steroid injection (ESI)
- epidural injection
- epidural/subarachnoid injection
- glucocorticoid/anesthetic injection for carpal tunnel syndrome
- glucocorticoid/anesthetic injection, plantar common digital nerve
- injection for myelography/CT
- injection for occlusion of arteriovenous malformation, spinal
- injection into nasal turbinate
- injection into paravertebral facet
- injection of collagenase into palmar fascia
- injection of corpus cavernosum
- injection of sinus tract
- injection tendon sheath/ligament/aponeurosis
- intradermal injection
- intralesional injection
- intramuscular injection
- intramuscular/subcutaneous injection
- intraocular injection
- intraperitoneal injection
- intrapleural injection
- joint/bursa injection (knee injection, subacromial bursa injection)
- periprostatic injection of biodegradable material
- retrobulbar block; retrobulbar injection
- stereotactic injection
- subcutaneous injection
- tendon injection
- trigger point injection
- vascular injection
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- ↑ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Overcoming Education Gaps and Denial: CDC and SIPC Release New Tools to Help Clinicians Ensure Every Injection is Safe http://blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare/?p=2802