A Comparative Study of Surgical versus Medical Management of Cases of First Trimesteric Missed Abortion
Abstract Background Missed abortion is a common obstetric problem constitutes approximately 15% of clinically diagnosed pregnancies and it was reported that about 80% of early pregnancy loss occurs in the first trimester. Missed abortion can be managed expectantly, surgically and medically. Surgical evacuation is the standard treatment for missed abortion with around 95% success rate and it had been widely performed all over the world in the last five decades, there are some complications associated with surgery such as higher cost, infection and bleeding. Medical management might be more suitable instead of surgical evacuation, it may be less costly than surgical treatment and consequently due to its lower complications most patients prefer it. Objective To compare the efficacy, safety and patient satisfaction of medical treatment of 1st trimestric missed abortion using misoprostol versus surgical evacuation. Patients and Methods Types of study: Randomized controlled open labelled clinical trial. Study setting: Maternity hospital, Ain Shams University. Study period: For six months from 1st of March 2019 to 31st of August 2019. Results The study shows no significant differences were found between groups regarding systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse rate and body temperature before and after treatment. The results also show that occurrence of abdominal pain was frequent in both groups but, with no significant difference between groups but time needed to induce abortion was significantly higher in medical management group compared to surgical management one. Conclusion Medical management is found to be as effective as surgical management in the 1st trimesteric missed abortion, by using Misoprostol.