Susan Okie
Essure is a permanent birth control device that is inserted through the cervix by hysteroscopy. The device is placed in the fallopian tubes, where it causes occlusion by stimulating fibrosis. Patients can be followed up with plain-film X-rays, hysterosalpingography, and ultrasonography, although ...
The frameless device has no plastic body, making it completely flexible, and it comprises five copper cylinders (quantitative composition: 350 mg copper), each 5 mm in length and 2.2 mm in diameter, threaded on a length of nonabsorbable polypropylene suture material. The product has a proven ...