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Punctures

"Punctures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Punctures" by people in this website by year, and whether "Punctures" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 18 publications over 15 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2000 and 2011 and 2019
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