Where I work we use curette for the instrument.
Posted By: NM on 2009-05-20
In Reply to: curet or curette? - TTer2
Subject: Where I work we use curette for the instrument.
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curette
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I also like to use the worde curette - yea! more letters
Curette?
Subject: Curette?
"the curette"?
Subject: "the curette"?
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curet/curette
Subject: curet/curette
If you check Dorland's, you will find that both are acceptable spellings for the instrument.
Karlin curette nm
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cerumen curette?
Subject: cerumen curette?
swab and curette???
Subject: swab and curette???
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I have always used curette and have never had a problem.
Subject: I have always used curette and have never had a problem.
type of curette
Subject: type of curette
s/l carlton or curling or carling?? curettes. This is being used in an anterior cervical diskectomy.
Carlens curette (nm)
Subject: Carlens curette (nm)
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Curette or curet?
Subject: Curette or curet?
I then took a 2-mm punch biopsy in order to get a tissue sample culture then completed the process of debriding the small wound with a 3-mm curette or curet? Stedmans has both as same thing?
Have always, since the 1970s, seen curette used. nm
Subject: Have always, since the 1970s, seen curette used. nm
30+ years, have always used curette as that is
Subject: 30+ years, have always used curette as that is
the way I was taught. I was also told eons ago that if there are 2 spellings, the first is the preferred. Stedman's lists curette first.
curet/curette
Subject: curet/curette
Dorland's lists curet as the preferred spelling. Interesting, huh? Neither is wrong. Don't sweat the small stuff. 
Bovine curette
Subject: Bovine curette
A s/l Bovine curette was introduced to the patient's uterus.
Bovine curette ???
Subject: Bovine curette ???
Examples:
She will continue to have clindamycin because of the bovine curette.
A bovine curette was passed twice to ensure that there were no fragments left.
Bovie curette? nm
Subject: Bovie curette? nm
curette size.
Subject: curette size.
I used to put #0 curette, but then I never did BOS. I think it makes it read better than saying 0-curette etc.
curet v curette
Subject: curet v curette
If you look up both curet and curette in medical dictionary, curette has a definition of a spoon shaped surgical instrument, etc., but curet is only listed as a variant of curette. I use curette as a noun or verb and stay away from the variant curet, especially on picky accounts. FYI.
2-0 up-curette? for neurosurgery
Subject: 2-0 up-curette? for neurosurgery
Neurosurgery term: Sounds like "2-0 up-curette?"
"Lateral recess was decompressed with a 2-0 up-curette and #2 Kerrison punch."
Thanks so much.
curet or curette?
Subject: curet or curette?
I have always used curet as in curetted with a sharp curet. VR is putting in curette. Which is correct?
instrument
Subject: instrument
is Colapinto needle a device, i heard something like device Colapinto needle
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GYN instrument help please
Subject: GYN instrument help please
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blank s/l tail or Tayo
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D&C instrument maybe?
Subject: D&C instrument maybe?
The patient was prepped and draped in the usual fashion. The cervix was grasped with a tenaculum and the s/l dilatary removed. The cervical canal was dilated to a #20, after which time, a #7 plastic curved curette was inserted and the products of conception were removed.
GYN instrument in a TAH/BSO
Subject: GYN instrument in a TAH/BSO
The s/l Vitra? instrument was inserted into the vagina and cervix after gentle dilation of the cervical os.
Help with curette during lumbar surgery.
Subject: Help with curette during lumbar surgery.
The s/l Rivers-Stanwich curette was used to impact some bulging material into the disc space and subsequently removed. 
HydroCision SpineJet curette and sometimes
Subject: HydroCision SpineJet curette and sometimes
called a SpineJet Resector curette..???
one uses a curet or a curette - still confused
Subject: one uses a curet or a curette - still confused
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seeker (type of curette)
Subject: seeker (type of curette)
Dental 4 mole curette?
Subject: Dental 4 mole curette?
 A gentle curettage was accomplished using a number four mole curette and angled curette.
ASR put this, can't find it, anybody familiar with dental curettes?
How do you type "single ought curette"
Subject: How do you type "single ought curette"
Thanks!
How do you type "single ought curette"
Sorry for posting on main board, but there seems to be more people here than in word help. Thanks!
I've typed up curette
Subject: I've typed up curette
It's also about the angle, and I've had 'no doubt' kind of dictators that use them...My presumption was that it was a short-hand way of saying up-biting (or down-biting, as I've used down curette, too).
both can be used, curette is the French word
Subject: both can be used, curette is the French word
I would use 'curette'.
instrument for angioplasty
Subject: instrument for angioplasty
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usually hear instrument(s) in there. nm
Subject: usually hear instrument(s) in there. nm
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CUSA instrument
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The instrument is the Hyfrecator,
Subject: The instrument is the Hyfrecator,
so yes, hyfrecated is a word.
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The tissue anterior to it was incised with a ______ and the median pectoral nodes were taken as a separate specimen.
blank s/l lauer ???
surgical instrument
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curet, curette - either/or? which is preferred and what is acceptable? nm
Subject: curet, curette - either/or? which is preferred and what is acceptable? nm
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Meigs uterine or endometrial curette?
Subject: Meigs uterine or endometrial curette?
Is there such a thing as adenoid curette piercing?
Subject: Is there such a thing as adenoid curette piercing?
I cant seem to find this anywhere. Thanks in adavance for all your help.
probably use velcro'd, just like you'd use bovied for that instrument. nm
Subject: probably use velcro'd, just like you'd use bovied for that instrument. nm
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Guessing at an occluser instrument for the 2nd one. nm
Subject: Guessing at an occluser instrument for the 2nd one. nm
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Could be outfracture or using an Aufricht instrument. nm
Subject: Could be outfracture or using an Aufricht instrument. nm
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