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OUT‐PATIENT DIAGNOSTIC CURETTAGE
Author(s) -
Holt E. M.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1970.tb03457.x
Subject(s) - curette , medicine , curettage , surgery , suction , aspirator , vacuum aspiration , local anaesthetic , research methodology , mechanical engineering , population , physics , environmental health , family planning , engineering , thermodynamics
Summary A trial of the Vabra aspirator, a sterile disposable suction curette, was carried out on 60 patients. The apparatus is designed to allow full curettage of the uterine cavity to be performed without anaesthetic on an outpatient basis. The method produced satisfactory specimens for diagnostic histology in all but four cases. Patient acceptability was high and side effects were minimal.