Definitive contraception with Essure device: Single institutional experience on 517 procedures
Aparicio-Rodríguez-Miñón, P.; de la Fuente-Valero, Jús.; Martínez-Laral, A.; Alonso-García, A.; Sobrino-Mota, Vónica.; Zapardiel-Gutiérrez, I.; Hernández-Aguado, J.J.
Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Mexico 83(1): 16-22
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9041 PMID: 26016312 Document Number: 635918
To analyse the outcomes of patients undergoing Essure sterilization in a single institution, interns of complications and technique failure. Retrospective descriptive study of 517 patients underwent definitive contraception with Essure device in outpatient hysteroscopy office without anesthesia and controlled at 3 months with abdominal radiography, ultrasonography and hysterosalpingography in selected cases. The success rates of the insertion of Essure was 96.8%, similar to data reported in the literature with 3.7% of vagal reactions, as most prevalent complication. 7 (1.35%) unintended pregnancies were observed. Essure is a permanent birth control device, with high rate of successful insertion and a low rate of complications. Unintended pregnancies in our study are high and we must change the protocols of placement and monitoring, considering hysterosalpingography as a routine control test.