BRONX, NEW YORK (PIX11) — Lisa Saenz, 45, slid with great discomfort into a living room recliner, four days after she underwent a hysterectomy. The mother of three daughters didn’t have the operation ...

Makers of permanent sterilization devices, including Bayer’s controversial Essure, should include a boxed warning as well as a patient decision checklist in the package labeling, according to FDA ...

A California state court has cleared the path for nearly a dozen lawsuits to proceed that alleged that pharmaceutical company Bayer's permanent birth control device, Essure, seriously injured patients ...

Angie Derry knew that her Essure implants were designed to remain inside her body forever. But two years after a doctor inserted the tiny coils into her fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy, the ...

Robotic surgery with CO2 laser articulating fibers permits removal of Essure without invasive surgery. A permanent contraceptive device called Essure (Bayer), designed as a less invasive alternative ...

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It may be too little too late. But now the FDA has signed off on the use of transvaginal ultrasound (TVU) as a means of ensuring the proper placement of the Essure permanent birth control device ...

MILWAUKEE -- It seemed to be the perfect solution. Little pain. No surgery. A quick recovery. But for some women -- using Essure permanent contraceptive has been a nightmare, and it's led to the very ...

The contraceptive device Essure did not directly cause chronic pelvic pain and abnormal uterine bleeding in women, a judge has found. Patrice Turner led the class action claiming women suffered harm ...

A mother who started having debilitating symptoms after having the Essure contraceptive device fitted has revealed how a gynaecologist told her it was all in her head. Tanya Davidson from Bendigo, ...