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Suction curettage with a tissue trap compared with sharp curettage for tissue sampling.

R J Gimpelson·J Hill
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Recent reports have shown that various endometrial sampling techniques are comparable to each other. This study showed that suction curettage utilizing tissue traps is superior to sharp curettage in terms of adequacy of sampling. The results show that adequate tissue was obtained in all 114 cases, regardless of which type of curettage was utilized first. However, when sharp curettage was the second procedure, only 43 of 57 procedures yielded adequate tissue, whereas when suction curettage was the second procedure, 56 of 57 procedures yielded adequate tissue. Suction curettage utilizing tissue traps was more thorough than sharp curettage.

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R J Gimpelson, J Hill. 1991. Suction curettage with a tissue trap compared with sharp curettage for tissue sampling.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1941790/

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