Removal of tissue with a curette from the wall of a cavity or another surface. For example, curettage may be done to remove skin cancer. After a local anesthetic numbs the area, the skin cancer is scooped out with a curette. Curettage may also be done in the uterus; dilation and curettage (D&C) refers to the dilation (widening) of the cervical [..]

Removal of tissue with a curette (a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge).

Scraping and cleaning the walls of a real or potential space, such as a gingival pocket or bone, to remove pathologic material.

See dilation and curettage (D&C).

1897; see curette (q.v.) + -age.

The removal of growths from within cavity walls; in the treatment of musculoskeletal tumors, the scraping of tumor out of bone

D&C (pop)

Removal of tissue with a curette, a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge.

A periodontal procedure where your gums are scraped to remove bacteria.

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

Using a spoon-shaped instrument to remove diseased tissue or sample tissue.

Scraping or cleaning the walls of a gingival pocket.

A scraping, usually of the interior of a cavity or tract, for removal of new Growth or other abnormal Tissue, or to obtain material for Tissue Diagnosis. It is performed with a curet (curette), a spoo [..]

Aspiration of the contents of the Uterus with a Vacuum curette.

A scraping, usually of the interior of a cavity or tract, for removal of new growth or other abnormal tissue, or to obtain material for tissue diagnosis. It is performed with a curet (curette), a spoo [..]

Removal of tissue with a curette (a spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge).

 Scraping of the interior of a cavity or other surface with a curette.

The surgical removal of a growth using a small, spoon-shaped instrument with a sharp edge called a curette.