Patient's question:
I got pregnant unintentionally. Due to my financial situation, I am not planning to keep this child. I am currently struggling between medication abortion and surgical abortion. I am still unsure which one to choose. Could you please advise me, doctor? Which is better between medication abortion and surgical abortion?Doctor's answer:
The medication abortion is relatively simpler, but there is a small probability of incomplete abortion, requiring a follow-up Dilation and Curettage (D&C) procedure. This can cause relatively significant damage to the body, and the amount of bleeding from medication abortion is not less than that from surgical abortion. Surgical abortion has certain risk factors due to the operation on the uterine cavity. However, the safety coefficient is relatively high when undergoing surgical abortion in large hospitals. Therefore, it is still more appropriate to choose the surgery.