Patient's question:
Among the types of miscarriage, what are the differences between medical abortion, standard surgical abortion, and painless surgical abortion? Experts recommend which method is best for first-time pregnancies? Additional question: What are the post-procedure complications associated with these three methods?Does medical abortion result in incomplete miscarriage?
Is surgical abortion performed by scraping the uterus? What impact does this have on the body?
Is painless surgical abortion administered with anesthesia? After the anesthesia wears off, won’t it still be painful? What are the side effects of anesthesia on the body?
Doctor's answer:
Hello:Medication Abortion: The use of drugs to terminate pregnancy is a recent development in the past 20 years. The commonly used drugs are mifepristone (Ru486) and prostaglandins. The former causes the decidual tissue of the uterus to degenerate and necrose, while the latter induces uterine contractions to expel the embryo. Medication abortion is simple, effective, and non-invasive, avoiding potential complications that may arise from intrauterine procedures. It is currently used to terminate pregnancies up to 8 weeks.
Induced Abortion refers to the artificial termination of pregnancy within 24 weeks due to reasons such as family planning, disease, preventing the birth of infants with congenital deformities or genetic diseases, and terminating illegal pregnancies. It serves as a backup method in cases of contraceptive failure. Generally, the smaller the gestational age, the simpler, safer, and less bleeding the abortion method involves. Abortion procedures are typically performed within 12 weeks. Beyond 12 weeks, due to the larger and softer uterus and the formation of fetal bones, the surgery often results in more bleeding and an increased risk of complications.
Painless Induced Abortion: The procedure is performed under anesthesia to reduce physical pain.