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Essure transcervical tubal sterilization: a 5-year x-ray follow up.
- Source :
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Fertility and sterility [Fertil Steril] 2011 May; Vol. 95 (6), pp. 2114-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Mar 10. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- Objective: To evaluate the x-ray appearance of Essure microinserts 5 years after their insertion.<br />Design: Prospective controlled study.<br />Setting: Tertiary referral centers for gynecologic care.<br />Patient(s): Forty-five consecutive women with successful hysteroscopic bilateral placement of the Essure devices and postprocedure satisfactory hysterosalpingography confirmation test.<br />Intervention(s): Pelvic anteroposterior x-ray.<br />Main Outcome Measure(s): Stability and and symmetric appearance of Essure microinsert positions; measurement of the intrauterine distance between the two devices.<br />Result(s): After 5 years from their placement, no detachment nor fracture of devices was observed. x-Ray recognition of the device after 5 years showed findings similar to those recorded at 3 months' follow-through hysterosalpingography.<br />Conclusion(s): x-Ray evaluation of findings related to stability of position, symmetric appearance, and distance between the two Essure microinserts corroborates the irreversibility and the reliability of the fibrotic reaction that ensured tubal occlusion after devices placement.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 American Society for Reproductive Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Cervix Uteri
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Hysterosalpingography methods
Intrauterine Device Migration
Reproducibility of Results
Sterilization, Tubal adverse effects
Sterilization, Tubal standards
Time Factors
X-Rays
Intrauterine Devices
Pelvis diagnostic imaging
Sterilization, Tubal instrumentation
Sterilization, Tubal methods
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1556-5653
- Volume :
- 95
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Fertility and sterility
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21392751
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.02.022