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Endocervical curettage can be painful and may feel like bad menstrual cramps.
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Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
Traditionally, a curettage is performed by scraping the lining of the uterus, but most doctors now use a vacuum to remove pregnancy tissue, and the procedure is called a suction curettage or simply aspiration.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023
Some of the most common surgeries and procedures to remove plantar warts include:5 Electrosurgery and curettage: Electrosurgery is when a podiatrist burns off a plantar wart.
—Susan Brickell, Health, 7 Mar. 2023
Instead the patient needed Alsaden to perform a dilation-and-curettage (D. & C.) procedure in the clinic, which takes time: between one and three and a half hours for preparations, a few minutes for the procedure, and fifteen to thirty minutes of recovery.
—Katie Watson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2021
Dilation and curettage procedures were the most frequently performed in the state in 2020.
—Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 6 July 2022
About half the pregnancy terminations were surgical, with curettage the most used method, used in 10,013 abortions.
—Laura Hancock, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2020
If the embryo was no longer viable or if my health was at grave risk, Dr. Park would be willing to perform a D&C (dilation and curettage procedure).
—Leslie Kendall Dye, SELF, 20 June 2017
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Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 27 June 2023
Traditionally, a curettage is performed by scraping the lining of the uterus, but most doctors now use a vacuum to remove pregnancy tissue, and the procedure is called a suction curettage or simply aspiration.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023
Some of the most common surgeries and procedures to remove plantar warts include:5 Electrosurgery and curettage: Electrosurgery is when a podiatrist burns off a plantar wart.
—Susan Brickell, Health, 7 Mar. 2023
Instead the patient needed Alsaden to perform a dilation-and-curettage (D. & C.) procedure in the clinic, which takes time: between one and three and a half hours for preparations, a few minutes for the procedure, and fifteen to thirty minutes of recovery.
—Katie Watson, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2021
Dilation and curettage procedures were the most frequently performed in the state in 2020.
—Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 6 July 2022
About half the pregnancy terminations were surgical, with curettage the most used method, used in 10,013 abortions.
—Laura Hancock, cleveland, 2 Oct. 2020
If the embryo was no longer viable or if my health was at grave risk, Dr. Park would be willing to perform a D&C (dilation and curettage procedure).
—Leslie Kendall Dye, SELF, 20 June 2017
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“Curettage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curettage. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
curettage
noun
cu·ret·tage
ˌkyu̇r-ə-ˈtäzh 
: a surgical cleaning or scraping of a body part (as the uterus)
Medical Definition
curettage
noun
cu·ret·tage
ˌkyu̇r-ə-ˈtäzh
: a surgical scraping or cleaning by means of a curette
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