Our maurices corporate office is located in Duluth, MN halfway between St. Paul, MN and the Canadian border. Duluth is nestled on a 600-foot bluff overlooking the largest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Superior. The city extends approximately 25 miles along the lakeshore.
A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure. In form, the curette is a small hand tool, often similar in shape to a stylus; at the tip of the curette is a small scoop, hook, or gouge.The verb to curette means to scrape with a curette, and curettage (/ËkÊÉrÉ¨ËtÉËÊ/ or /ËkjÊÉrÉ¨ËtÉËÊ/) is treatment that involves such scraping.Some examples of medical use of a curette include: 1  the removal of impacted ear wax. 2  dilation and curettage of the uterus, a gynecologic procedure.3  excision of the adenoids (adenoidectomy) by an otolaryngologist. 4  to scrape tartar deposits from tooth enamel with a periodontal curette.ome examples of medical use of a curette include: 1  the removal of impacted ear wax. 2  dilation and curettage of the uterus, a gynecologic procedure. 3  excision of the adenoids (adenoidectomy) by an otolaryngologist. 4  to scrape tartar deposits from tooth enamel with a periodontal curette.
The woman is typically put under monitored anesthesia care (MAC) before the procedure begins. The first step in a D&C is to dilate the cervix. A curette, a metal rod with a handle on one end and a sharp loop on the other, is inserted into the uterus through the dilated cervix. The curette is used to gently scrape the lining of the uterus and remove the tissue in the uterus.