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curettage
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curettage [‚kyu̇·rə′täzh]
(medicine)
Scraping of the inside of a body cavity or the hollow of an organ with a curet.
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Suction curettage can be done up to 12 weeks of pregnancy.
Teenage Pregnancy Options by Connie Limon / Women's issues/gender studies community
Acceptability of suction curettage and mifepristone abortion in the United States: a prospective comparison study.
Medical abortion: issues of choice and acceptability by Berer, Marge / Reproductive Health Matters
21) Consequently, suction curettage replaced sharp curettage as the main method of abortion: In 1970, suction and sharp curettage accounted for 54% and 46% of abortions, respectively; (22) by 1998, suction curettage was used for nearly all abortions (96%).
The public health impact of legal abortion: 30 years later. (Comment) by Schulz, Kenneth F. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
 
 
 
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