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  2. Endometrial biopsy - Wikipedia

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    An endometrial biopsy usually cannot be done as an office procedure in children, young women, women with vaginismus, or women with cervical stenosis. If necessary, an examination under anesthesia could be performed at which time a biopsy could be taken.

  3. Hysteroscopy - Wikipedia

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    Local anesthesia can be used. Analgesics are not always necessary. A paracervical block may be achieved using a lidocaine injection in the upper part of the cervix. Hysteroscopic intervention can also be done under general anesthesia (endotracheal or laryngeal mask) or monitored anesthesia care (MAC). Prophylactic antibiotics are not necessary.

  4. Vacuum aspiration - Wikipedia

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    Single-use double-valve manual vacuum aspirator. Vacuum or suction aspiration is a procedure that uses a vacuum source to remove an embryo or fetus through the cervix.The procedure is performed to induce abortion, as a treatment for incomplete spontaneous abortion (otherwise commonly known as miscarriage) or retained fetal and placental tissue, or to obtain a sample of uterine lining ...

  5. Category:Female genital procedures - Wikipedia

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    Endometrial biopsy; Estrogen provocation test ... Pelvic examinations under anesthesia by medical students without consent ... Text is available under the Creative ...

  6. Pelvic examination - Wikipedia

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    A pelvic examination is the physical examination of the external and internal female pelvic organs. [1] It is frequently used in gynecology for the evaluation of symptoms affecting the female reproductive and urinary tract, such as pain, bleeding, discharge, urinary incontinence, or trauma (e.g. sexual assault).

  7. Tao brush - Wikipedia

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    The Tao brush is a medical instrument used to perform an alternative method of endometrial biopsy, for the purpose of detecting endometrial cancer. The traditional method of endometrial biopsies uses a specialized catheter (the Pipelle) to suction away a portion of the uterine lining. The Tao brush method instead uses a small, flexible brush to ...

  8. List of medical abbreviations: E - Wikipedia

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    endometrial biopsy or endomyocardial biopsy: ... examination under anesthesia: EUP: ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  9. Endometrial cancer - Wikipedia

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    Endometrial cancer appears most frequently during perimenopause (the period just before, just after, and during menopause), between the ages of 50 and 65; [20] overall, 75% of endometrial cancer occurs after menopause. [2] Women younger than 40 make up 5% of endometrial cancer cases and 10–15% of cases occur in women under 50 years of age.