"Curettage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A scraping, usually of the interior of a cavity or tract, for removal of new growth or other abnormal tissue, or to obtain material for tissue diagnosis. It is performed with a curet (curette), a spoon-shaped instrument designed for that purpose. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Dorland, 27th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D003475
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.157
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Curettage" by people in this website by year, and whether "Curettage" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Curettage" by people in Profiles.
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Use of Surgical Adjuvants Does Not Decrease Recurrence of Aneurysmal Bone Cysts in Surgical Intervention With Pediatric Patients. J Pediatr Orthop. 2024 Jan 01; 44(1):e79-e83.
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Interest in peer support persons among patients experiencing early pregnancy loss. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Jul 11; 23(1):506.
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Impact of Patient and Tumor Characteristics on Range of Motion and Recurrence Following Treatment of Enchondromas of the Hand. J Hand Surg Am. 2023 05; 48(5):512.e1-512.e7.
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Treatment of Benign C2 Tumors with Transoral Curettage and Posterior Instrumentation with Minimum 2-Year Follow-Up: Technical Note. Neurol India. 2022 Jan-Feb; 70(1):68-73.
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Intrauterine Fallopian Tube Incarceration after Suction Curettage with Uterine Perforation. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2022 04; 29(4):457-459.
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Therapeutic Approaches and Special Considerations for Treating Molluscum Contagiosum. J Drugs Dermatol. 2021 Nov 01; 20(11):1185-1190.
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Selective Curettage: A Conservative Microsurgical Approach to Treating Large and Complicated Lesions. J Endod. 2020 Nov; 46(11):1782-1790.
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Cold versus hot adenoidectomy: A prospective, randomized controlled trial. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Aug; 135:110087.
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The significance of recurrence in endometrial polyps: a clinicopathologic analysis. Hum Pathol. 2020 06; 100:38-44.
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Blunt curettage for postoperative hematomas. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Aug; 83(2):e117-e118.