1. [Definitive contraception with Essure device: Single institutional experience on 517 procedures].
- Author
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Aparicio-Rodríguez-Miñón P, de la Fuente-Valero J, Martínez-Laral A, Alonso-García A, Sobrino-Mota V, Zapardiel-Gutiérrez I, and Hernández-Aguado JJ
- Subjects
- Adult, Female, Humans, Hysterosalpingography, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Unplanned, Retrospective Studies, Treatment Failure, Treatment Outcome, Ambulatory Care methods, Hysteroscopy, Sterilization, Tubal methods
- Abstract
Objectives: To analyse the outcomes of patients undergoing Essure sterilization in a single institution, interns of complications and technique failure., Patients and Methods: 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., Results: 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., Conclusions: 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.
- Published
- 2015