Essure* present controversies and 5 years learned lessons: a retrospective study with short and long term follow-up.

Câmara, Sara; de Castro Coelho, Filipa; Freitas, F; Remesso, Lilia

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Câmara, Sara

de Castro Coelho, Filipa

Freitas, F

Remesso, Lilia

Abstract(s)

The risk.benefit of contraception with ESSURE* is being readressed due to na increase of reports of adverse effects with with this device. Our aim was to proceed to na interna quality evaluation and to identify opportunities for protocol improvement .We proceeded to a one-center, retrospective consecutive case series of women admitted for Essure* placement from 1 January 2012 until 31 December 2016(5 years).Results: In a total of 274 women, tecnhical difficulties were mainly unilateral, with na acute or short-term severe complications The procedure was brief, median 3.2 min, IQR 2.5-5.2 and moderately painful (median of 4 in a -0-10 scale; , IQ,3-5). At 3 months, the failure rate was 2%, with no pregnancies. etc...