[Experiences using the suction curettage system of Hamann and Pockrand (author's transl)]

All curettages of a 8-week-period were done using the suction system of Hamann and Pockrandt. This test-collective includes 66 patients, their age was between 20 and 78 years; 6 of them had to be excluded: the surgical intervention was begun without general anaesthesia but continued with general anaesthesia is required by the patient. The test-collective was divided into 2 groups: in group A (30 patients) all suction-curettages were done in general anaesthesia, in the first 20 patients a conventional curettage with dilation of the cervix were performed additionally, in order to proof the effectiveness of the suction curettage. The histological findings of the materials of the conventional curettages had shown no more informations than that of the materials of the suction curettages. -- In group B (30 patients) the suction curettage were done in diazepampentazocin-analgesia; a third of them had specified no sensations, the others had stated a feeling of pressure or spasms. -- In each group the histological examinations were possible without any problems. The advantages of the suction curettage system are the rare necessity of cervix dilatation (7 of 60 cases), the possibility of the operation without general anaesthesia and the possibility of a quick performance of the curettage.