Abortion
World Health Organization (2017). "Dilatation and curettage". Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A Guide for ... Dilation and curettage (D&C) refers to opening the cervix (dilation) and removing tissue (curettage) via suction or sharp ... 91% of these were classified as having been done by "curettage" (suction-aspiration, dilation and curettage, dilation and ... The World Health Organization recommends sharp curettage only when suction aspiration is unavailable. Dilation and evacuation ( ...
Uterine cancer
A dilatation and curettage is often done to collect a sample of uterine lining tissue. An ultrasound is also often performed to ...
Endometrial biopsy
A more thorough histologic evaluation can be obtained by a dilatation and curettage, which requires anesthesia. The procedure ...
Uterine serous carcinoma
Such bleeding is followed by further evaluation leading to a tissue diagnosis, usually done by a dilatation and curettage. A ...
Septic abortion
A dilatation and curettage (D&C) or misoprostol may be ultilized to clean the uterus of any residual tissue. Rh negative blood ...
Dilation
Look up dilation, dilatation, dilate, or dilates in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dilation (or dilatation) may refer to: ... Coronary dilation, or coronary reflex Dilation and curettage, the opening of the cervix and surgical removal of the contents of ... the dilation of the cervix and evacuation of the contents of the uterus Esophageal dilatation, a procedure for widening a ...
Abortion in India
In 1971 when the MTP Act was passed about four decades ago dilatation and curettage (D&C) was the only available technology for ... The only abortion technique available when abortion was decriminalized in India in 1971 was the dilation and curettage (D&C) ... WHO and FIGO issued a joint recommendation which stated that properly equipped hospitals should abandon curettage and adopt ...
Dilation and curettage
Dilation (or dilatation) and curettage (D&C) refers to the dilation (widening or opening) of the cervix and surgical removal of ... dilation and curettage has been declining as a method of abortion, although suction curettage is still the most common method ... Dilation and curettage (D&C) at Mayo Clinic "The truth about D&Cs". Ashermans. November 26, 2008. Archived from the original on ... However, for curettage of a pregnant patient, the risk of infection is higher, and patients should receive antibiotics that ...
Cervical pregnancy
... dilatation and curettage). Cervical pregnancies are to be distinguished from pregnancies that start from an implantation in a ... Nakao Y, Yokoyama M, Iwasaka T (2008). "Uterine artery embolization followed by dilation and curettage for cervical pregnancy ...
Health care rationing
It is proposed that surgery for snoring, dilatation and curettage for heavy menstrual bleeding, knee arthroscopies for ...
Abortion in Nigeria
Hospital-based dilatation and curettage, hospital-and clinic-based manual vacuum aspiration, and medical abortion using ...
Postpartum bleeding
... dilatation and curettage, and laparotomy with uterine compression stitches or hysterectomy. Stage 3: bleeding continues - ...
Uterine clear-cell carcinoma
Such bleeding is followed by further evaluation leading to a tissue diagnosis, usually done by a dilatation and curettage (D&C ...
Manchester operation
The major steps of the intervention are listed below: Preliminary dilatation and curettage Amputation of cervix strengthening ...
List of MeSH codes (E04)
... dilatation and curettage MeSH E04.157.310.970 - vacuum curettage MeSH E04.210.070 - anastomosis, roux-en-y MeSH E04.210.078 - ... dilatation and curettage MeSH E04.950.300.299.970 - vacuum curettage MeSH E04.950.300.399 - hysterectomy MeSH E04.950.300.399. ...
Asherman's syndrome
May 2017). "Prevalence of intrauterine adhesions after the application of hyaluronic acid gel after dilatation and curettage in ... D&C (including dilation and curettage, dilation and evacuation/suction curettage and manual vacuum aspiration) is a blind, ... However, a single curettage often underlies the condition. In an attempts to estimate the prevalence of AS in the general ... Trauma to the basal layer, typically after a dilation and curettage (D&C) performed after a miscarriage, or delivery, or ...
Hegar dilators
This may be necessary prior to a uterine curettage or biopsy. They are also used to overcome stenosis in non-gynecological ... M Tschoudowski: De la dilatation du canal cervical (d'après Hegar). (1879) Arch Tocol 6: 737-755 "Medgyn Hegar Single Ended ...
Vacuum aspiration
Sharp dilation and curettage (D&C), also known as sharp curettage, was once the standard of care in situations requiring ... flexible cannula that avoided the need for initial cervical dilatation and so reduced the risks of puncturing the uterus. ... Sharp curettage has also been associated with Asherman's Syndrome, whereas vacuum aspiration has not been found to have this ... Some sources may use the terms dilation and evacuation or "suction" dilation and curettage to refer to vacuum aspiration, ...
Cyst
... abnormal dilatation of pericardium) Liver cysts Simple cysts Hydatid cysts Biliary cystadenoma Biliary cystadenocarcinoma ... Keratocystic odontogenic tumor Calcifying odontogenic cyst Treatment ranges from simple enucleation of the cyst to curettage to ...