<unk>  (or dilatation) and curettage (D&C) refers to the<unk>  (widening/opening) of the cervix and surgical removal of part of the lining of the uterus and/or contents of the uterus by scraping and scooping (curettage). It is a gynecologic procedure used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and is the most commonly used method for first-trimester miscarriage or abortion. D&C normally refers to a procedure involving a curette, also called sharp curettage. However, some sources use the term D&C to refer to any procedure that involves the processes of<unk>  and removal of uterine contents, which includes the more common suction curettage procedures of manual and electric vacuum aspiration.
Dilation and curettage
Electrodesiccation and curettage
Curettage
Tubal ligation
Resuscitative hysterotomy
Glomectomy
Endocervical curettage
Menstrual extraction