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Essure Lawsuits – Device Migration and Puncturing

What Do We Know About the Essure Lawsuits

More than 16,000 lawsuits have been filed against Bayer and Conceptus Inc. (the manufacturers of Essure) by women who have suffered severe abdominal damage when the birth control device moves and punctures the uterus and fallopian tubes.

Attorneys state that if doctors and patients had known the risks, then women would have chosen a different form of birth control, such as a hysterectomy, salpingectomy, tubal ligation, tubal fulguration, or application of clips.

Essure Injuries & Side Effects

According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the short-term risks from Essure include mild to moderate pain, cramping, vaginal bleeding, and pelvic or back discomfort.

If the Essure implant separates, breaks and/or moves, attempted removal often requires multiple surgeries, sometimes requiring removal of the uterus entirely (a hysterectomy).

The FDA has received more than 26,000 reports of problems related to Essure for the period 2002 through the present. The majority of the reports received since 2013 have been voluntary reports, mostly from women who received Essure implants.

The most frequent problems have been pain, heavier menses/menstrual irregularities, headache, fatigue, weight fluctuations, movement of the device, device operating differently than expected, and device breakage.

The FDA has associated the use of Essure with at least eighteen miscarriages. However, a private consulting firm places the number closer to 300.

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