Injection

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 References

More Specific Terms

• epidural injection
• epidural steroid injection (ESI)
• intramuscular injection
• joint/bursa injection
• subcutaneous injection
• trigger point injection

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

• clinical procedure

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

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