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What (who) is curettage - definition

USE OF A CURETTE TO REMOVE TISSUE

curettage

[kj??'r?t?d?, ?kj??r?'t?:?]

¦ noun Surgery the use of a curette, especially on the lining of the uterus. See dilatation and curettage.

Origin

C19: from Fr., from curette.

Curettage

Curettage ( or ), in medical procedures, is the use of a curette (French, meaning scoopMosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Mosby-Year Book 1994, p. 422) to remove tissue by scraping or scooping.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curettage

dilatation and curettage

GYNECOLOGIC PROCEDURE

Dilatation and curettage; D and C; Dilation and suction curettage; Sharp curettage; D+C; Dilation & curettage

¦ noun a surgical procedure involving dilatation of the cervix and curettage of the uterus, performed after a miscarriage or for the removal of cysts or tumours.

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Curettage

Curettage ( or ), in medical procedures, is the use of a curette (French, meaning scoop) to remove tissue by scraping or scooping.

Curettages are also a method of abortion. It has been replaced by vacuum aspiration over the last decade.

Curettage has been used to treat teeth affected by periodontitis.

Gingival curettage is a surgical procedure designed to remove the soft tissue lining of the periodontal pocket with a curet, leaving only a gingival connective tissue lining. ... Gingival curettage, as originally conceived, was designed to promote new connective tissue attachment to the tooth, by the removal of pocket lining and junctional epithelium. Since there is no evidence that gingival curettage has any therapeutic benefit in the treatment of chronic periodontitis, the American Dental Association has deleted that code from the fourth edition of Current Dental Terminology (CDT-4). In addition, the American Academy of Periodontology, in its Guidelines for Periodontal Therapy, did not include gingival curettage as a method of treatment. This indicates that the dental community as a whole regards gingival curettage as a procedure with no clinical value.

Curettage is also a major method used for removing osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma.

Curettage with subsequent culture is more accurate than ulcer base swan culture or aspiration and culture for diabetic foot ulcers.

Curettage is also used when excising a chalazion of the eyelid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curettage

Examples of use of curettage

1. Mrs Brown said she then underwent complicated dilation and curettage treatment to get rid of the dead child, which involves scraping the uterus.

2. Dilation and curettage – D&C – can be used to remove a miscarriage or to abort a foetus. the procedure is carried out under a general anaesthetic and requires an anaesthatist to be present at all times.

3. Doctors say since Dilatation and Curettage (DNC) can be performed at district government and private clinics as well, a large number of patients approach these hospitals and clinics directly. ‘‘There are scores of such clinics and hospitals here and most of them received patients with these complications,’’ says the owner of one such clinic at Hawal.

4. Prostatglandin pessaries are the safest and least invasive form of abortion; they provoke natural contractions that will expel the embryo or fetus as well as the placenta, following which a medical examination can determine if everything has been expelled or if the woman requires a curettage (this is very rare in the case of prostatglandin–induced abortions). – Vierotchka, Geneva, Switzerland View all Add your comment Name: Your email address will not be publishedEmail: Town and country: Terms and conditionsYour comment: make text area biggerYou have characters left.