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Essure®
For women who want permanent, highly effective birth control but don’t want an abdominal surgical procedure, the Essure® technique may be an excellent option.
Approved by the FDA in November 2002, Essure is one of the newest birth control options for women. According to clinical studies, it’s 99.8% effective.
Many women like Essure® because there are no scars and they can get back to work or their normal activities quickly.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Non-Surgical | Not immediately effective |
| Fast recovery | Irreversible |
| No scars, no pain | |
| No hormones | |
| 99.8% effective | |
For more information about Essure, visit www.essure.com or call 1-888-DMC-2500 for an appointment with a Hutzel Women’s Hospital physician
How it works
During the 10- to 30-minute procedure, soft, flexible micro-inserts are placed into each fallopian tube through the uterus via the vagina and cervix. The inserts expand in the tubes and work with your body to create a natural scar tissue barrier that blocks the fallopian tubes and prevents sperm from reaching the eggs. However, it takes about three months for the scar tissue barrier to develop in the fallopian tubes, so women need to use an alternate form of contraception for three months after having the procedure.
Unlike tubal ligation, there is no cutting, clipping, suturing, or burning of the fallopian tubes. The micro-inserts do not contain or release hormones and are made with the same materials used in other medical products for many years. Since the procedure is not reversible, women must be sure they do not want any more children.
Physicians Performing Essure®
Jay Berman, M.D. and Chitranjan Lall, M.D. were two of the first physicians in the country trained in the procedure. Other Hutzel physicians also perform the procedure including S. Gene McNeeley, M.D., Susan L. Hendrix, D.O., and David Kmak, M.D.
While there are more than 30,000 gynecologists in the United States, only about 300 perform the Essure procedure.
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