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Curette
(redirected from curetting)

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cu·rette or cu·ret (ky-rt)
n.
A surgical instrument shaped like a scoop or spoon, used to remove tissue or growths from a body cavity.
v.
To scrape tissue or a body part with a curette.
Curette
A small scoop-shaped surgical instrument that can be used to remove cerumen if irrigation does not work or cannot be used.
Mentioned in: Cerumen Impaction, Onychomycosis
curette,
n See curet.
curette, curet
1. a spoon-shaped instrument for cleansing a diseased surface.
2. to use a curette.
bone curette
there are a number of types, e.g. brun bone curette, nail-hole curette.
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In one early series of patients with brown recluse spider bites, Hollabaugh and Fernandes advocated curetting the subcutaneous tissue in the necrotic area of the lesion to prevent the local destructive actions of the toxin.
Brown recluse spider bites to the head: three cases and a review by Itani, Kamel / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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