title: [Ultrasonography as a method to determine the correct implantation of intratubaric devices].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Essure procedure consists in the placement of two coils in the intramural segment of Fallopian tubes by hysteroscopic causing a fibrosis reaction that unleashes a physiological obstruction. Hysterosalpingography, until today, is the gold standard checking the success of this method of sterilization.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Determining if a scan at three months postimplantation is sufficient to confirm the correct positioning of the device.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study with 61 patients undergoing definitive hysteroscopic sterilization to validate transvaginal ultrasound as a technique to determine the effectiveness of the method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were placed 120 devices, of which 117 (97'5%) were visible by ultrasound. Comparing ultrasound findings with gold standard, we obtain that in cases of proper bilateral implantation by hysterosalpingography, with ultrasound we diagnosed the 81 '13%; in cases of correct unilateral implantation we detected 75% with ultrasound, except one patient who was considered proper placement of the coil by ultrasound but hysterosalpingography reported that it was misplaced and the Fallopian tube was permeable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Transvaginal ultrasound is an appropriate method to confirm the correct position of intratubaric Essure devices, its safety, low cost and reproducibility. However, our study cannot replace the hysterosalpingography as gold standard.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García-Lavandeira
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vázquez-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanco-Pérez
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pato-Mosquera
authors.forename: María Jesús
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Janeiro-Freire
authors.forename: José Esteban
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Araújo-Fernández
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003274:Contraceptive Devices, Female; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007047:Hysterosalpingography; D015907:Hysteroscopy; D013997:Time Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography