"Essure Procedure Offers Women a New Form of Birth Control." University of Wisconsin, Feb. 29, 2008.
http://www.uwhealth.org/news/essure-procedure-offers-women-a-new-form-of-birth-control/12796
For those women looking for a permanent form of birth control but not interested in a surgical procedure like tubal ligation, there is a breakthrough new option from Conceptus called Essure. Essure is a device inserted into both fallopian tubes to completely block eggs from entering the uterus during ovulation. The procedure for insertion does not require any incisions or anesthesia and does not tamper with hormone levels. The device, a flexible micro-insert, is simply inserted using a catheter into the fallopian tubes by going through the cervix and uterus. The body then naturally grows cells (scar tissue) into the micro-insert blocking the pathway sperm would take into the fallopian tube to be fertilized. Three months after the procedure, a test is done to make sure that the fallopian tubes have been sufficiently blocked.
This method of birth control is very revolutionary because it does not interfere with the natural hormone levels that the body maintains, which is the cause of many side effects that occur with other forms of birth control. Also, the alternative of tubal ligation is more costly and is associated with more health risks. Also tubal ligation has the potential to fail more often. And many times the procedure is not performed correctly and a pregnancy post-surgery will occur. With the Essure test that occurs three months after the procedure, the effectiveness of the procedure can be tested easily. The micro-inserts are also made of polyester fibers, nickel-titanium and stainless steel making them durable in the body to hold up against wear and tear.
The excitement surrounding this procedure is mostly due to the fact that in clinical trials there have been zero pregnancies in participation women over the four years that this procedure has been used. This is definitely the future for women’s sterilization procedures.
Additional Source: www.essure.com
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