Diseases

Soft Tissue Injuries

Injuries of tissue other than bone. The concept is usually general and does not customarily refer to internal organs or viscera. It is meaningful with reference to regions or organs where soft tissue (muscle, fat, skin) should be differentiated from bones or bone tissue, as soft tissue injuries of the hand.

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Abstract

Injuries of tissue other than bone. The concept is usually general and does not customarily refer to internal organs or viscera. It is meaningful with reference to regions or organs where soft tissue (muscle, fat, skin) should be differentiated from bones or bone tissue, as soft tissue injuries of the hand.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Injuries, Soft Tissue
  • Injury, Soft Tissue
  • Soft Tissue Injury

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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IM GEN or unspecified; coord NIM with specific organ or region /inj (IM)

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Previous Indexing

  • specific organ/injuries (1966-1993)
  • specific region/injuries (1966-1993)
  • specific tissue/injuries (1966-1993)

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  1. C26w.808w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Soft Tissue Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017695. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017695
  2. Soft Tissue Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_tissue_injury
  3. Soft Tissue Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7554047