Clinical value of dilatation and curettage for abnormal uterine bleeding.
Dilatation and curettage was performed under anesthesia in outpatients in 1,837 patients aged over 26 with a history of abnormal uterine bleeding not associated with pregnancy or ovulation. Fifty-one (2.8%) patients were found to have malignant disease. Of these, 47 patients had endometrial carcinoma. An additional 111 (6.0%) patients were found to have endometrial hyperplasia. The incidence of either malignant disease or endometrial hyperplasia was 9.7% in patients over the age of 40. Complications of this method were noted in 12 (0.7%) patients; only three patients needed to stay in hospital.
Tabata
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Department of Gynecology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. tabatat@gyn.jfcr.or.jp
Yamawaki
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Ida
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Nishimura
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Nose
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Yabana
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004107:Dilatation and Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects; D004714:Endometrial Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*