Dilatation And Curettage

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Dilatation and curettage, also called as D&C, is a surgical procedure done to scrape and collect the tissue from inside the uterus. Dilatation ('D') is a widening of the cervix and Curettage ('C') is the scraping of the contents of the uterus.

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