In surgery, the use of a curette to remove tissue by scraping or scooping. It may be used to obtain a biopsy of a mass to determine if it is a granuloma, neoplasm, or some other tumor. It is often employed prior to definitive excisional surgery to more precisely deliniate the extent of a tumour. In selected cases, curettage may be employed to treat certain 'low risk' skin cancers such as superficial BCC. Rarely, curettage may be employed palliatively to debulk masses. A typical modern surgery operation For other meanings of the word, see Surgery (disambiguation) Surgery (from the Greek cheirourgia meaning hand work) is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. ... Noun A spoon-shaped surgical instrument for cleaning a diseased surface. ... Biological tissue is a substance made up of cells that perform a similar function. ... A biopsy (in Greek: bios = life and opsy = look/appearance) is a medical test involving the removal of cells or tissues for examination. ... Mass is a property of physical objects that, roughly speaking, measures the amount of matter they contain. ... In medicine (anatomical pathology), a granuloma is a group of epithelioid macrophages surrounded by a lymphocyte cuff. ... Neoplasia (literally: new growth) is sudden and abnormal growth in a tissue or organ. ... Tumor (American English) or tumour (British English) originally means swelling, and is sometimes still used with that meaning. ... Palliative care is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of the symptoms of a disease or slows its progress rather than providing a cure. ... Bulk can refer to: Bulk mail Bulk Purchasing Bulk liquids Bulk material handling Bulk and Skull, a pair of characters in the Power Rangers universe. ...

An excellent review article covering the key aspects pertaining to effective deployment of curettage and electrodessication in treating skin cancers is published in the Australasian Journal of Dermatology; by Oxford dermatologists Sheridan and Dawber.

See also: Misoprostol (Cytotec). Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) analogue used for the treatment and prevention of stomach ulcers. ... Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) analogue used for the treatment and prevention of stomach ulcers. ...