How to Use dilation and curettage in a Sentence

dilation and curettage

noun
  • When that happens, your doctor may recommend a test called dilation and curettage.
    — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This may occur after a dilation and curettage (D&C) or uterine surgery.
    — Rachel Gurevich, Parents, 25 July 2024
  • In that case, a health care provider may recommend a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
  • In that case, a health care provider may recommend a dilation and curettage (D&C) procedure.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 23 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Thurman needed a dilation and curettage, or D&C, a procedure in which tissue is removed from inside the uterus.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The situation required the reality star to have a procedure called a dilation and curettage (D&C) in which tissue from inside the uterus is removed.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • At the hospital, the couple was told Cook would need a dilation and curettage procedure -- commonly known as a D&C -- the surgical removal of the lining of the uterus.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • About three weeks postpartum, what seemed like a routine urinary tract infection escalated into a blood clot in her uterus, requiring an emergency dilation and curettage (D&C).
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Given the lower efficacy rate, more patients may choose surgical options, such as a suction dilation and curettage, known as a suction D&C, in which a provider opens the cervix and places a tube inside to remove pregnancy tissue.
    — Jessica Bartlett, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • There, doctors performed an immediate D&C (dilation and curettage), which is a medical procedure that clears the uterus of pregnancy tissue after a pregnancy loss to protect against further bleeding.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
  • 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

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