 Curettage
"Curettage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 spoon-shaped instrument designed for that purpose. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Dorland, 27th ed)
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D003475
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.157
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Curettage" by people in Profiles.
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Liss J, Alston M, Krull MB, Mazzoni SE. Predictors of Positive Margins at Time of Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure. J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2017 Jan; 21(1):64-66.
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Osborne RJ, Filiaci VL, Schink JC, Mannel RS, Behbakht K, Hoffman JS, Spirtos NM, Chan JK, Tidy JA, Miller DS. Second Curettage for Low-Risk Nonmetastatic Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Sep; 128(3):535-542.
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Rivera JC, Wylie E, Dell'Orfano S, Mooney R, Hensley MA, Carry P, Monreal AK, Heare T. Approaches to treatment of unifocal langerhans cell histiocytosis: is biopsy alone enough? J Pediatr Orthop. 2014 Dec; 34(8):820-4.
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Zwald F. Practice gaps. Immediate curettage and electrodessication following biopsy of suspected basal cell carcinoma at initial visit. JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Aug; 149(8):981.
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Sharifi RJ, Closmann JJ, Pogrel MA. Comprehensive management of an orthognathic surgery patient with aggressive central giant cell granuloma of the mandible. Gen Dent. 2012 Sep-Oct; 60(5):403-7.
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Madsen MJ, Mauffrey C, Bowles N, Seligson D. Using the proximal ulna as a novel site for autogenous bone graft harvesting. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2011 Jul; 69(7):1930-3.
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Anderson GG, Hobbins JC, Rajkovic V, Speroff L, Caldwell BV. Midtrimester abortion using intraamniotic prostaglandin F2alpha. Prostaglandins. 1972 Feb; 1(2):147-55.
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