The doctor then took the little instrument-the curette-and pushed it up back of the soft palate, and with one twist brought out the offending spongy lump.
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen
A probe is then passed into the ostium, and the anterior wall of the sinus is removed with a curette or rongeur forceps.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
The unguarded curette is then introduced and several strokes are made with it, the instrument being carried on either side of the mesial plane.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson