What does dnc stand for?
My SD told us she was having surgery to remove an ovarian cyst and a tumor in her stomach but yesterday I asked her about the results and she said that they needed to do a coloscopy and biopsy because her pap smear came back stage 3.
Im so confused because 1)ive only heard dnc in regards to removing a fetus that died in womb and didnt pass and 2) it sounds like she has cervical cancer not cancer in her uterus.
Any advice?
dilation and curettage...... it can be used for different things... they just dialte you and then clean out whatever needs to be cleaned!!!
I had ovarian cycts and a ton of scar tissue so my doc did a laperoskapy (sp?) pretty much they made a cut in my belly button to put a camera threw to look at the inside of my uterus and then they made another cut near my c-section scar so they could open me up and remove the cycts and scar tissue.
from my understanding they dont use a dnc to remove cycts.
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I know that after I had my 3rd child I kept bleeding for 7 weeks post delivery. My MIL had 6 kids and told me that I probably need a DNC , she had this done 2 times after her last kids... apparently stuff gets left behind. I didnt need one though but I know people have them for other reasons.
D & C is dialation and curettage of the uterus. This is done whenever anything needs to be removed from the uterus--an abortion, a deceased fetus in the case of a missed miscarriage, or placenta or blood clots after delivery (that is what I had). But if she has an ovarian cyst, that would be done by laproscopy, not D&C.
its actually D and C. it stands Dilalation and Cutterage. meaning they dilate the cervix and then cut out what they need to.
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a colposcopy is commonly used to remove HPV cells (genital warts) and a D and C only concerns issues involving the uterus which is why they dilate- investigate... things do not add up at all. Also, I work with a crisis center, this is what I am basing my response off of- I am not a doctor... nor do I have Genital warts, lol
Quoting Des10ed2b:
its actually D and C. it stands Dilalation and Cutterage. meaning they dilate the cervix and then cut out what they need to.
Simply a correction....its dilation and CURETTAGE....they do
NOT cut you at any time....whatever is cleaned out of the uterus is simply spooned out.
Quoting Ape726:
a colposcopy is commonly used to remove HPV cells (genital warts) and a D and C only concerns issues involving the uterus which is why they dilate- investigate... things do not add up at all. Also, I work with a crisis center, this is what I am basing my response off of- I am not a doctor... nor do I have Genital warts, lol
Its a little heart breaking that you associate HPV with genital warts.. that is a form that HPV can take on but not everyone has that strain... please do not catagorize the two together... they do not go hand in hand in everycase... =)
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