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Clinical value of dilatation and curettage for abnormal uterine bleeding

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Dilatation and curettage was performed under anesthesia in outpatients in 1837 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.

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  1. Department of Gynecology, Cancer Institute Hospital, 1-37-1, Kami-Ikebukuro, Toshima-Ku, Tokyo 170-8455, Japan e-mail: tabatat@gyn.jfcr.or.jp Tel. 03-3918-0111, Fax: 03-5394-3889, , , , , , JP

    T. Tabata

  2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Mie, Japan, , , , , , JP

    T. Yamawaki, M. Ida, K. Nishimura & Y. Nose

  3. Department of Pathology, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Mie, Japan, , , , , , JP

    T. Yabana

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Received: 1 February 2000 / Accepted: 19 May 2000

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Tabata, T., Yamawaki, T., Ida, M. et al. Clinical value of dilatation and curettage for abnormal uterine bleeding. Arch Gynecol Obstet 264, 174–176 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004040000100

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