Patient's question:
Doctor, I went for medication abortion today. Hello doctor, can medication abortion be replaced by D&C?Doctor's answer:
The medication abortion is used to terminate an intrauterine pregnancy within 49 days. The drawbacks of medication abortion include the possibility of prolonged bleeding, as well as incomplete miscarriage. There is a certain risk of incomplete miscarriage occurring again, though it doesn't affect everyone. It's not necessary for every case to intentionally have a complete miscarriage. If bleeding is prolonged after a miscarriage, there is a need to be cautious about the possibility of incomplete miscarriage. An MRI should be conducted to confirm, and if necessary, a D&C (dilation and curettage) may be required.