"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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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Curettage" by people in Profiles.
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Treatment of Unicameral Bone Cysts Utilizing the Sclerograft™ Technique. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2024 Mar; 47(3):346-353.
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Immunohistochemistry for mismatch repair protein deficiency in endometrioid endometrial carcinoma yields equivalent results when performed on endometrial biopsy/curettage or hysterectomy specimens. Gynecol Oncol. 2018 06; 149(3):570-574.
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Increasing the sensitivity of endocervical curettings by performing ThinPrep® Pap on transport container fluid: is diagnostic material going down the drain? Cytopathology. 2015 Dec; 26(6):368-72.
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Malignant round cell tumor of bone with EWSR1-NFATC2 gene fusion. Virchows Arch. 2014 Aug; 465(2):233-9.
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Does decompression of odontogenic cysts and cystlike lesions change the histologic diagnosis? J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2014 Jun; 72(6):1094-105.
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Factors associated with recurrence of primary aneurysmal bone cysts: is argon beam coagulation an effective adjuvant treatment? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Nov 02; 93(21):e1221-9.
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The infected or exposed breast implant: management and treatment strategies. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004 May; 113(6):1634-44.
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Multiple basal cell carcinomas of the limb after adjuvant treatment of melanoma with isolated limb perfusion. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1998 May; 38(5 Pt 1):767-8.
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Unicameral bone cyst in the scapula of an adolescent. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1988 Nov; (236):141-4.
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Early complications and sequence of pregnancy interruption with hypertonic saline. Int J Fertil. 1980; 25(2):88-93.