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By E. Scott Sills, MD, PhD
Not every woman with Essure contraceptive implants will have pelvic cramping, bleeding, painful sex, weight gain or other problems appear after this procedure. But, there is no clear consensus on what to do about women with Essure who subsequently develop symptoms associated with this device.
It is understandable that symptomatic Essure patients would seek some kind of surgery to treat complications. But, our research unfortunately showed a surprisingly high reliance on hysterectomy to accomplish this.
An earlier study looked at outcomes after thousands of Essure procedures in New York, and found the risk of undergoing reoperation was more than 10 times higher for Essure patients, compared to women who had standard laparoscopic tubal ligation.
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