dilation and curettage

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dilation and curettage

n. Abbr. D & C

A surgical procedure in which the cervix is expanded using a dilator and the uterine lining scraped with a curette, performed for the diagnosis and treatment of various uterine conditions.

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dilation and curettage - a surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion

D and C, dilatation and curettage

curettement - surgery to remove tissue or growths from a bodily cavity (as the uterus) by scraping with a curette

surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"

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di·la·tion and cu·ret·tage

n. dilatación y curetaje; pop. raspado.

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It is estimated to affect 1.5% of women undergoing a hysterosalpingogram; between 5% and 39% of women with recurrent miscarriage; and up to 40% of patients who have undergone repeat dilation and curettage for retained products of conception following pregnancy (7).

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Apparently, Mariel's doctor advised them to try to conceive anew a year after she had undergone dilation and curettage. Robin said it took his wife quite some time before having the procedure done.

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The second two pregnancies were electively terminated with dilation and curettage, the most recent approximately 3 months before her current admission.

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The doctor informed us that that procedure was not an abortion but a dilation and curettage, the result of which would be the loss of the fetus.

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She had experienced 2 episodes of spontaneous abortion, one 4 years earlier and the other the previous year; retained products had been removed by vacuum aspiration and dilation and curettage. She had a history of using oral contraceptives and abusing topical steroids for skin toning.