Patient Selection

Counsel your patients so they can choose Essure with confidence.

Choosing permanent birth control is a significant decision. Proper patient selection, screening, and counseling will improve your patients’ overall satisfaction and confidence of the procedure. Encourage your patients to reflect, learn about the procedure, and discuss it with those closest to them before committing to permanent birth control.

Essure may be right for patients who:

• Are certain they do not want to have any more children
• Want to stop worrying about unplanned pregnancy
• Want the most effective form of permanent birth control available*
• Want to stop managing temporary birth control
• Would like to stop taking hormone-based birth control
• Want to avoid incision, burning, scarring, or risks of other permanent birth control procedures
• Are concerned about the risks of general anesthesia
• Want more spontaneity in their sexual relationship
• Want confirmation they are protected from unplanned pregnancy

For these patients, highlight Essure’s high patient comfort and satisfaction, rapid recovery, safety, and effectiveness.

Provide your patients with in-depth information during the decision-making stage so they can make informed decisions.

Make sure your patients know:

• The procedure should be considered irreversible. Removal of the inserts requires surgery.
• Patient must use an alternate form of birth control for 3 months post-procedure, until the Essure Confirmation Test verifies occlusion
• No method of contraception should be considered 100% effective
• Successful placement of both inserts may not be possible in all women
• Patients may experience side effects of the procedure such as cramping/pain or bleeding/spotting. Be sure to cover all considerations listed in the Patient Information Booklet.

The procedure should not be performed if:

• Only one insert can be placed, due to unicornate uterus, previous salpingectomy, or PTO
• Patient had a previous tubal ligation
• Patient has a confirmed allergy to contrast media or nickel
• Patient is unsure about her desire to bear children in the future
• Patient has been pregnant during the past six weeks

For complete information please refer to the Essure Instructions for Use

*Essure is 99.74% effective with zero pregnancies based on 5 years of clinical trials.

Learn More:

• A non-incisional permanent birth control option with excellent patient tolerance, Essure is ideal for the office setting
• Learn how to provide excellent service to your patients