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Patient Education: Diseases Conditions Treatments & Procedures

Dilatation and curettage (D&C)

Source Credits

Adapted from What Happens After D&C?, ©Women’s College Hospital, 1993, and Getting Ready for Gynecology Surgery, ©Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, 1999.  Diagram ©SWCHSC, 2002. Revised by the Gynaecological Advisory Committee with the help of Sunnybrook Health Sciences & Women’s College Hospital Staff.  ©SHSC, 2008.

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