Routine outpatient diagnostic uterine curettage using a flexible plastic aspiration curette
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 92 (12) , 1291-1296
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1985.tb04878.x
Abstract
Summary.Diagnostic curettage using a flexible aspiration curette was possible in 97% of 246 women with abnormal uterine bleeding or discharge. Altogether 15 women with pelvic malignancy were detected or suspected by histological examination of the tissue obtained; no uterine malignancy was missed. The technique appears simple, safe, reliable and cheap and acccptablc to patients. Delays i n diagnosis and treatment arc reduced and formal curettage under general anaesthetsia is avoided in the majority o f women requiring investigation.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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