[First trimester miscarriages: benefits and harms of different management options]

The objective of this review was to assess early and late benefits and harms of different management options for first-trimester miscarriage. Surgical uterine evacuation remains the most effective and the quickest method of treatment. Depending on the clinical situation, medical treatment using misoprostol (missed miscarriage) or expectative attitude (incomplete miscarriage) does not increase the risk of complications, neither haemorrhagic nor infectious. However, these alternatives generally require longer outpatient follow-up, which leads to more prolonged bleeding and not planned surgical procedures.