What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of MVA?
MVA offers significant advantages over D&C, including reduced risk of complications and significantly less blood loss. MVA will be unsuccessful in stopping bleeding in a small percentage of cases. Furthermore, because women do not need general anesthesia, recovery time is short, allowing the patient to be treated on an outpatient basis. There is some risk that MVA may be misused to perform illegal abortions. This risk is comparable to the risk of misuse of other medical interventions.
