II. Technique: Finger injection Sites

III. Technique: Wrist Injection Sites

  1. Wrist
    1. Needle: 25 to 27g (1 to 1.5 inch) for injection (22g for aspiration)
    2. Methylprednisolone: 10-40 mg
    3. Lidocaine 1%: 1-2 ml
    4. Injection (or aspiration site)
      1. Within the anatomic snuff box
      2. Distal to radial tubercle and between extensor pollicis longus and the common extensor tendons
  2. Carpal Tunnel
    1. See Carpal Tunnel Corticosteroid Injection
  3. Wrist Ganglion
    1. See Ganglion Cyst Injection
  4. Intersection Syndrome (Tenosynovitis of the Radial Wrist Extensors)
    1. See Intersection Syndrome Steroid Injection
  5. Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury (TFCC Injury)
    1. See TFCC Steroid Injection

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Ontology: Injection into tendon of hand (C0187331)

Concepts Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
SnomedCT 51296006
Spanish inyección en tendón de la mano, inyección en un tendón de la mano (procedimiento), inyección en un tendón de la mano, inyección en tendón de la mano (procedimiento)
English Injection into tendon of hand, Injection into tendon of hand (procedure)

Ontology: Injection into soft tissue of hand (C0187335)

Concepts Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
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English Injection into soft tissue of hand, Injection into soft tissue of hand (procedure)
Spanish inyección en las partes blandas de la mano (procedimiento), inyección en las partes blandas de la mano

Ontology: Wrist injection (C1293258)

Concepts Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
SnomedCT 119651006
English Wrist injection (procedure), Wrist injection
Spanish inyección en la articulación radiocarpiana (procedimiento), inyección en la articulación radiocarpiana

Ontology: Hand injection (C1293260)

Concepts Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
SnomedCT 119650007
English hand injection, hand injections, Hand injection (procedure), Hand injection, Injection of hand
Spanish inyección en la mano (procedimiento), inyección en la mano

Ontology: Injection of joint of finger (C1532328)

Concepts Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
SnomedCT 414502001
CPT 20600
English arthrocentesis injection of finger joint, injection of finger joint, injection of finger joint (treatment), injection in a finger joint, Arthrocentesis and injection of joint of finger, Injection of joint of finger (procedure), Injection of joint of finger
Spanish inyección articular en dedo de la mano (procedimiento), inyección articular en dedo de la mano, inyección de articulación de dedo de la mano