Does painless abortion require uterine curettage?

Abortion is a very common experience. For young people, it is nothing. Because medicine is advanced now, abortion is not a complicated matter and there are no sequelae. But in fact, no matter what type of abortion, most patients need uterine curettage. The question of whether painless abortion requires uterine curettage is also a concern of many people.

Does painless abortion require another curettage?

For women who want to end pregnancy, painless abortion is a relatively safe way to end pregnancy. The advantage of this method over medical abortion is that the surgical effect can be guaranteed and there is no need for curettage.

Painless abortion: refers to an artificial abortion performed under intravenous anesthesia, which is based on the suction abortion surgery, plus intravenous general anesthesia, and there is no pain during the operation. Curettage is a cleaning of the uterus after surgical or medical abortion. If the medical or surgical abortion is not clean, curettage is required.

Curettage and dilation: It is a procedure to scrape out the endometrium or the contents of the uterine cavity. This is a minor surgery commonly performed in obstetrics and gynecology and is one of the methods of artificial abortion. Painless abortion refers to a surgical abortion that terminates a pregnancy within 10 weeks of gestation using high-tech artificial methods and intravenous anesthesia.

The indications for curettage are: termination of pregnancy in early pregnancy and suction curettage within 3 months of pregnancy. Curettage is used to clear the residual materials in the uterine cavity for more than 3 months and after induced abortion; the uterine cavity needs to be emptied for incomplete abortion, inevitable abortion, missed abortion, retained placenta, hydatidiform mole, etc. Contraindications include acute genital tract and pelvic inflammation, trichomoniasis and candidal vaginitis, and patients with severe medical diseases who cannot tolerate surgery.

Although painless abortion has many advantages, many patients still have doubts about whether they need curettage. In fact, curettage is a kind of cleaning of the uterus after surgical abortion and medical abortion. If the medical abortion or surgical abortion is not clean, curettage is required.

However, the success rate of painless abortion surgery is very high, reaching 95%. In some regular hospitals, the success rate of surgery can reach 99%. When using painless abortion to terminate pregnancy, incomplete abortion rarely occurs, and the success rate is much higher than medical abortion. Therefore, usually there is no need for curettage after a painless abortion.

Warm reminder: The hazards behind female abortion cannot be ignored. Many abnormal phenomena or complications after abortion are not alarmist. Therefore, pay attention to abortion and do not use it as a regular contraceptive method with a contemptuous attitude. Even if abortion is necessary, do a good job of post-operative care and make an extra effort for your health.