Dilation And Curettage

Of operation.   May also be referred to as D and C and dilatation and curettage.

A surgical procedure usually performed under local anesthesia in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrial lining of the uterus is scraped with a curet; performed to obtain tissue samples or to stop prolonged bleeding or to remove small tumors or to remove fragments of placenta after childbirth or as a method of abortion.

This concept's ID is @1~3498