I've typed up curette
Posted By: AnnuderMT on 2009-05-07
In Reply to: 2-0 up-curette? for neurosurgery - Joanne
Subject: I've typed up curette
It's also about the angle, and I've had 'no doubt' kind of dictators that use them...My presumption was that it was a short-hand way of saying up-biting (or down-biting, as I've used down curette, too).
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