What is the best way to abort an ectopic pregnancy? Is medical abortion or surgical abortion better?

Anyone with a little common sense knows that ectopic pregnancy is an abnormal pregnancy and must be terminated immediately. Otherwise, it will have a serious impact on the life of the female patient. At present, the most common way to solve the problem of ectopic pregnancy is artificial abortion. So how to abort ectopic pregnancy? The following is a detailed explanation of the method.

How to abort an ectopic pregnancy? First of all, we need to tell you that patients with ectopic pregnancy cannot keep the fetus. Early detection should be treated early to avoid serious damage to the body. The methods of abortion are as follows:

1. Medical abortion

If the embryo of an ectopic pregnancy patient is very small, and after examination, it is found that the human chorionic gonadotropin in the body is not very high, it is recommended that the doctor prescribe methotrexate (MTX) to kill the embryo. This is called medical abortion. The method of using methotrexate (MTX) is intramuscular injection. After passing through the blood, it directly reaches the embryo, and then terminates the pregnancy by inhibiting the growth of cells and placenta.

Patients with ectopic pregnancy are likely to experience abdominal pain and cramps when they first start using methotrexate, and may even experience nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. During the medication period, patients should avoid drinking alcohol and having sex, and should also be careful not to take multivitamin supplements containing folic acid, because these supplements will affect the efficacy of methotrexate.

2. Surgical abortion

If a patient with ectopic pregnancy is told by the doctor that medical abortion is not suitable for her, then surgical abortion is recommended. If the patient's condition is very stable and the embryo is small enough, the embryo can be removed through laparoscopy. If the embryo is very large or there is a lot of scar tissue in the abdomen, laparotomy is required.

How to abort an ectopic pregnancy? From the introduction in the above article, there are two methods of artificial abortion for ectopic pregnancy in clinical practice, namely medical abortion and surgical abortion. I hope that all women who find themselves with ectopic pregnancy can go to the hospital for abortion treatment as soon as possible to reduce the harm to the body.