Mesh term Punctures
Browse to parent terms:Surgical Procedures, Operative
Therapeutics
Description
Incision of tissues for injection of medication or for other diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. Punctures of the skin, for example may be used for diagnostic drainage; of blood vessels for diagnostic imaging procedures.Browse to child terms:
Biopsy, Needle
Blood Specimen Collection
Paracentesis
Phlebotomy
Spinal Puncture
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