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Descriptor English:   Punctures 
Descriptor Spanish:   Punciones 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Punções 
Synonyms English:   Micropuncture
Puncture
Micropunctures  
Tree Number:   E02.800
E04.665
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   restrict to penetration procedures for diag or ther: do not confuse with traumatic punctures ( = WOUNDS, PENETRATING or specific); do not use /util except by MeSH definition
See Related English:   Paracentesis
Wounds, Stab
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   24296 
Unique Identifier:   D011677 

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