Laparoscopic management of hysteroscopic essure sterilization complications: report of 3 cases.
Hysteroscopic Essure sterilizations offer women and physicians another option for contraception. Overall, the procedure is simple to perform and highly efficacious, and as a result, has gained popularity among practicing gynecologists. Unfortunately, complications occur with any type of surgery. We report 3 cases of hysteroscopic Essure sterilization complications where the Essure microinsert was noted to be misplaced or where patients had persistent postprocedure pain in the setting of appropriately placed microinserts. In all 3 cases, the microinserts were successfully removed laparoscopically.
Hur
Hye-Chun
HC
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beth Israel Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. hhur@bidmc.harvard.edu
Mansuria
Suketu M
SM
Chen
Beatrice A
BA
Lee
Ted T
TT
D000328:Adult; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015907:Hysteroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D013243:Sterilization Reversal / Q000379:methods*; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000209:etiology
D001672:Biocompatible Materials