Essure sterilisation implant has 'high risk' of complications

ConclusionThe results of this study seem clear: women undergoing hysteroscopic sterilisation are more likely to need a repeat operation than women undergoing the standard laparoscopic sterilisation. However, we don’t know why.The study indicates that women having the newer procedure may have a higher risk of complications because of their age, and previous problems such as pelvic inflammatory disease. Although the researchers took these issues into account, they may have missed other factors contributing to the results. One additional factor is that all women undergoing a hysteroscopy have a standard check three months after the procedure, to make sure the operation has worked and the device is still in place. It may be that, because of this, problems with the devices are more likely to be picked up and rectified than problems with the standard laparoscopic procedures. This could also have helped to avoid unwanted pregnancies in this group of women.The researchers say their study found a higher risk of an unwanted pregnancy in women who had had both types of sterilisation than in previous studies. They say this may be because their "real world" study included women who might have been excluded from previous studies on sterilisation. This is useful information for all women thinking of having sterilisation, as the risk of it failing may be higher than previously thought. A spokesman for the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said the devices...
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