Curette

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Illustration from a United States patent for an ornate curette (Michelson, 1988)

A curette is a surgical instrument designed for scraping or debriding biological tissue or debris in a biopsy, excision, or cleaning procedure. In form, the curette is a small hand tool, often similar in shape to a stylus; at the tip of the curette is a small scoop, hook, or gouge. The verb to curette means to scrape with a curette.

Some examples of medical use of a curette include:

the removal of impacted ear wax.

dilation and curettage of the uterus, a gynecologic procedure.

excision of the adenoids (adenoidectomy) by an otolaryngologist.

to scrape tartar deposits from tooth enamel in periodontology.

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Curette images from the Waring Historical Library at the Medical University of South Carolina

v t e Surgical instruments

Dissecting	Scalpels (Laser scalpel) · RF knife · Lancets · Liston knife · Catlin · Von Graefe knife Scissors: Bandage scissors · Mayo scissors · Metzenbaum scissors · Tenotomy scissors Other: Rongeur · Curette · Osteotome · Drill bits · Rasps · Trocars · Drills · Dermatomes

Grasping (forceps)	Bulldogs forceps · Hemostat · Obstetric · Vulsellum · Tenaculum · Debakey forceps

Clamping	Foerster clamp · Hemostat · Pennington clamp · Aortic cross-clamp · Gomco clamp · Allis clamp

Retracting/viewing	Retractors: Senn retractor · Rib spreader

Accessory/other	Examination/prep: Dilators · Specula · Fiber optic endoscopes · Head mirror Suction: Yankauer suction tip Irrigation and injection needles Measurement devices: rulers and caliper Drain: Jackson-Pratt drain · Penrose drain Other: Surgical staplers · Periodontal probe · Surgical suture

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