How to Use dilation and curettage in a Sentence

dilation and curettage

noun
  • Patients can also opt for a dilation and curettage (D&C).
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2022
  • In that case, a health care provider may recommend a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 29 June 2023
  • When that happens, your doctor may recommend a test called dilation and curettage.
    Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • She was readmitted to the hospital, where she was treated for a uterine infection and underwent a dilation and curettage to help clear the blood clots from her uterus.
    Elissa Garay, Good Housekeeping, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Plus, our doctor wants to do a D&C (dilation and curettage, which involves the surgical removal of part of the lining of the uterus) to get rid of the questionable inflammation because antibiotics are not working.
    refinery29.com, 30 Nov. 2020
  • For example, during an incomplete miscarriage, if the parent’s body cannot evacuate the rest of the tissue on its own, the standard of care can include a process called dilation and curettage (also known as a D&C).
    Wired, 7 Aug. 2022
  • Surgical Procedure The third option is the quickest: a dilation and curettage procedure, also called a D&C.
    Rachel Wells, Glamour, 28 Oct. 2019
  • In the latter case, Bishop says, a pregnant individual may opt to have a procedure called a dilation and curettage (D&C), during which doctors remove the tissue from inside the uterus.
    Ashley Abramson, Allure, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Following the news, Stell asked her doctor for a dilation and curettage procedure (D&C), a surgery to remove the fetus that is also used to abort a living fetus, in order to avoid infection or long-term health issues.
    Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2022
  • After staunching the bleeding, an obstetrician wanted to perform a procedure called a dilation and curettage — commonly referred to as a D&C — to remove the tissue from the uterus.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 6 May 2022
  • The quickest option is a surgical aspiration or a dilation and curettage, which may be performed at a doctor’s office or a hospital.
    Jyoti Madhusoodanan, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Her physician gave her the option of a D&C (the dilation and curettage surgical procedure) or a prescription medication.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 25 June 2018
  • Instead, doctors eventually had to remove the deceased baby in a procedure called dilation and curettage (D&C).
    PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • What followed was a trip to my doctor’s office for a medically necessary, unmedicated dilation and curettage procedure to remove any tissue remaining in my uterus, and a wheelchair carting me back to the car.
    Jessica Zucker, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Medication abortions accounted for more than half, while 41% were in-clinic dilation and curettage procedures, commonly called D&C.
    Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 6 July 2022
  • After her experience with Susan, Bailey opened up about her own experience needing a D&C [dilation and curettage] after having a miscarriage and her desire to change reproductive health care.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Author’s note: This article includes quotations about miscarriage and information about dilation and curettage procedures.
    Laken Brooks, Forbes, 5 May 2022

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