cerumen curette?
Posted By: MT50 on 2007-10-24
In Reply to: curette used to remove foreign object from ear canal - Clueless
Subject: cerumen curette?
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cerumen
Subject: cerumen
The cerumen was removed from his ear s/l aboriously with great difficulty.
cerumen (ear wax) nm.
Subject: cerumen (ear wax) nm.
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Cerumen (ear wax) nm
Subject: Cerumen (ear wax) nm
cerumen ??
Subject: cerumen ??
cerumen in sinuses
Subject: cerumen in sinuses
think something is wrong - if you are talking cerumen impaction, the doc is not looking in his nose; could be "gross cerumen impaction" if looking in ears, but not sinuses -
Impacted with cerumen
Subject: Impacted with cerumen
S/L accreditus with cerumen.
earwax is cerumen
Subject: earwax is cerumen
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cerumen, eosinophils, eosinophilia- have to look again
Subject: cerumen, eosinophils, eosinophilia- have to look again
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cerumen in his NOSE? don't think so. Try again chickie. nm
Subject: cerumen in his NOSE? don't think so. Try again chickie. nm
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how about "partial" cerumen, again just guessing
Subject: how about "partial" cerumen, again just guessing
true they can but not cerumen IN the nose.
Subject: true they can but not cerumen IN the nose.
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thinking it over - can you hear cerumen in your s/l?
Subject: thinking it over - can you hear cerumen in your s/l?
"absence" to remove cerumen
Subject: "absence" to remove cerumen
Sounds like...I used cerumen with both a curette and "absence"
Speaking of ears clogged with cerumen, are there
Subject: Speaking of ears clogged with cerumen, are there
any ENT MTs who know if there is another product, other than Debrox, or Cerumenix (which was by RX only, but discontinued) to remove chronic earwax, other than going to the ENT to have them irrigated and removed with a curette?
I can't seem to find any drug on the market; prescription or otherwise, other than those mentioned above, which were of no benefit.
Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
wild guess - "fresh cerumen" impaction?
Subject: wild guess - "fresh cerumen" impaction?
cerumen impaction is it! But can there be any other word in front of it instead of fresh?
Subject: cerumen impaction is it! But can there be any other word in front of it instead of fresh?
OBJECTIVE: Left s/l "EEC" is occluded with soft cerumen.
Subject: OBJECTIVE: Left s/l "EEC" is occluded with soft cerumen.
diagnosis: Cerumen impaction.
curette
Subject: curette
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
Subject: Karlin curette nm
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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?
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'.
Where I work we use curette for the instrument.
Subject: Where I work we use curette for the 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.
If you mean the spelling... both are correct per Stedman, I personally use curette
Subject: If you mean the spelling... both are correct per Stedman, I personally use curette
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