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Curettage, in surgery, is the use of a curette to remove tissue by scraping or scooping. It may be used to obtain a biopsy of a mass to determine if it is a granuloma, neoplasm, or some other tumor. It is often employed prior to definitive excisional surgery to more precisely delineate the extent of a tumor. In selected cases, curettage may be employed to treat certain "low risk" skin cancers such... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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removes :
concretions, tissue and nodes.

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Tonsillolith Treatment is usually removal of concretions by curettage; larger lesions may require local excision although these treatments may not help the bad breath issues that are often associated with this condition.

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Curettage Curettage, in surgery, is the use of a curette to remove tissue by scraping or scooping.

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Scrofula The affected nodes can be removed either by repeated aspiration, curettage or total excision (with the risk in the latter procedure, however, of causing cosmetically negative effects or damage to the facial nerve, or both).

suffice on :
trunk, legs and arms.

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Keratoacanthoma On the trunk, arms, and legs, electrodessication and curettage often suffice.

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Keratoacanthoma On the trunk, arms, and legs, electrodessication and curettage often suffice.

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Keratoacanthoma On the trunk, arms, and legs, electrodessication and curettage often suffice.

refers :
clean, remove and dilation.

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Abortion Curettage refers to cleaning the walls of the uterus with a curette.

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Dilation and curettage Dilation (dilatation) and curettage literally refers to the dilation (opening) of the cervix and surgical removal of the contents of the uterus.

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Dilation and curettage Dilation (dilatation) and curettage literally refers to the dilation (opening) of the cervix and surgical removal of the contents of the uterus.

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    Curettage

    Curettage, in surgery, is the use of a curette to remove tissue by scraping or scooping. It may be used to obtain a biopsy of a mass to determine if it is a granuloma, neoplasm, or some other tumor.
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    Dilation and curettage

    Dilation (dilatation) and curettage literally refers to the dilation (opening) of the cervix and surgical removal of the contents of the uterus.
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    Endocervical curettage

    Endocervical curettage is a procedure in which the mucous membrane of the cervical canal is scraped using a spoon-shaped instrument called a curette.
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    Vacuum aspiration

    Dilation and curettage (D&C), also known as sharp curettage, was once the standard of care in situations requiring uterine evacuation.
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    Abortion

    The World Health Organization recommends this procedure, also called sharp curettage, only when MVA is unavailable.
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    Abscess

    Wound abscesses do not generally need to be treated with antibiotics, but they will require surgical intervention, debridement and curettage.
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    Asherman's syndrome

    According to a study on 1900 patients with Asherman's syndrome, over 90% of the cases occurred following pregnancy-related curettage.
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    Basal cell carcinoma

    This further soften the skin, allowing for the knife to cut more deeply with the next layer of curettage.
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    Endometrial polyp

    To reduce this risk, the uterus can be first explored using grasping forceps at the beginning of the curettage procedure.
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    Keratoacanthoma

    Recurrence after electrodessication and curettage can occur and is frequent, and usually can be identified and treated promptly with either further curettage or surgical excision.

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