How many minutes does it take to clean the uterus after medical abortion?

It takes about 5 minutes to clean the uterus after medical abortion. The surgical process is as follows: the patient lies on the operating bed, the doctor disinfects the private parts, spreads a sterile testing towel, checks the direction and size of the uterus, dilates the vagina with a speculum, disinfects the vagina and cervix, clamps the cervix, and uses a probe to measure the size and position of the uterine cavity. The uterine cavity is scraped with a scraper, starting from the uterine cornu and fundus to the outside. When the uterine wall is felt to be rough, the tissue is scraped clean and the operation is completed.

After the curettage, you only need to rest for about half an hour and then you can leave the hospital safely. Rest appropriately for more than ten days after the operation, refrain from sexual intercourse for one month, keep warm, pay attention to daily cleaning of the private parts, pay attention to observing vaginal bleeding after the operation, and have a follow-up B-ultrasound about 10 days after the operation to understand the recovery status of the uterine cavity.

Whether medical abortion must be followed by uterine curettage depends on the individual. If the pregnancy is relatively early, within 7 weeks at the earliest, and the medical abortion successfully expel the gestational sac, uterine curettage may not be necessary. If the pregnancy is advanced, and the process of expelling the test tube embryo after taking the medicine is not complete, or the expulsion is not complete, a uterine curettage is required.

Some uterine curettage operations may need to be performed under anesthesia, or they may not need anesthesia depending on the patient's condition. However, it is not a matter of more than ten minutes, because preparation and surgical history must be made. The entire process of the surgical operation also varies according to the patient's condition. Generally, a 5-1b250in operation can basically be completed. If there are obvious abnormalities, the operation time will be more than ten minutes.

After medical abortion, bleeding may last longer and be heavier. If vaginal bleeding lasts for a long time and tissue remains in the uterine cavity, it may cause intrauterine infection, often a mixed infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa and aerobic bacteria. Severe infection can spread to the pelvis, abdomen and even the whole body, with a high risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, peritonitis, sepsis and septic shock. Therefore, a color Doppler ultrasound examination should be performed after the medical abortion surgery to see if there are any residues in the uterine cavity. If there is any remnant, a uterine curettage is required, which usually only takes three to five minutes.