It only takes a few minutes and typically ends the bleeding quickly. When this suction procedure was popularized in the 1970s, after abortion became legal nationwide, “it was a real awakening” in ...

One such procedure is known as a dilation and curettage, or D&C, which removes tissue from the uterus in order to treat certain conditions or typically in the case of someone experiencing a ...

"Patient satisfaction with the surgical procedure was high, with 78.4 percent of the patients being very or completely satisfied with suction-curettage," the team found.

The recurrence rates of curettage alone are comparable to that of curettage with electrodessication in patients with keratinocyte carcinoma.