0 a process in which tissue or growths are removed from the inside of body cavities, such as the uterus:
A high proportion of dilatation and curettage operations are performed on women under the age of 40.
Seven patients had an operation by suction or dilation and curettage; one patient had a prostaglandin induction.
When the procedure is performed by a doctor dilatation and curettage are usually employed.
This suction method reduces blood loss and provides more complete evacuation, but in all cases the uterus was explored with forceps after suction, and curettage was done.
It seems that doctors who are not gynæcologists never perform elective dilatation and curettage, and would ordinarily be totally inexperienced.
The verb "to curette" means to scrape with a curette, and curettage (or) is treatment that involves such scraping.
One risk of sharp curettage is uterine perforation.
The following day he would complete the curettage.
If transporting to the hospital would be dangerous, he performed curettage; otherwise, he accompanied the patient on a stretcher back to the hospital surgery.
