Can you get pregnant if you have had the Essure procedure?

Can you get pregnant if you have had the Essure procedure?

A team of researchers estimated Monday that as many as 9.6 percent of women could become pregnant within 10 years of undergoing hysteroscopic sterilization, or Essure. That is nearly four times the estimated risk after a laparoscopic tubal ligation, the more traditional method.

Is the Essure procedure reversible?

Bayer’s Essure birth control is permanent female sterilization. But, women may have Essure removed. Some women may reverse the procedure to have a child naturally. Others may need to remove Essure coils if they suffer serious Essure side effects.

Does Essure need to be removed?

Generally speaking, if you are not having any symptoms from your Essure coils, then you don’t need to have them removed. In most women, Essure coils do not cause any problems.

How do I remove Essure?

The only way to guarantee the entire Essure length is removed without risk of breaking the coils is to have hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy. This is removal of the uterus, cervix, and both fallopian tubes together.

Should I remove Essure?

Generally speaking, if you are not having any symptoms from your Essure coils, then you don’t need to have them removed. In most women, Essure coils do not cause any problems. At TriHealth Women’s Services Advanced Gynecologic Surgery, we understand your daily life is being affected.

Should I remove my Essure?

What are the problems with Essure?

The most common patient problems reported were pain, perforation, foreign body/device fragment in patient, heavier periods (menses/hemorrhage), pregnancy and pregnancy loss. The majority of reports (91%) are related to potential device removal which is consistent with the MDRs for Essure since 2017.

Why was Essure recalled?

It was taken off of the market in 2018, allegedly due to the 70% drop in sales experienced after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required a post-market study and addition of a black box warning, meaning the drug can have serious and sometimes life-threatening side effects.