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Success rate and patient satisfaction with the Essure™ sterilisation in an outpatient setting: a prospective study of 857 women
Author(s) -
Miño M,
Arjona JE,
Cordón J,
Pelegrin B,
Povedano B,
Chacon E
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01354.x
Subject(s) - essure , medicine , sterilization (economics) , patient satisfaction , outpatient clinic , female sterilization , family planning , surgery , general surgery , obstetrics , research methodology , population , environmental health , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
After 857 women with Essure system inserted for tubal obstruction as a method of sterilization in an outpatient setting, insertion is achieved in close to 99% of the women. Physician described the procedure as very difficult in 15% of the cases, mainly due to anatomical tubal anomalis or tubal spasm, and women felt highly satisfied in all cases.