diagnostic curettage

The authors have shown that the traditional diagnostic curettage is becoming obsolete but have failed to identify the reason.

Editor,- Angela Coulter and colleagues' concern about overuse of diagnostic curettage and the potential cost savings have wide implications both for gynaecologists and general practitioners.

Editor,- Having run an outpatient surgical service for some years, I welcome B V Lewis's editorial suggesting that diagnostic curettage should be replaced by outpatient endometrial biopsy.