Essure procedure has only been performed for a little over 5 years and is reported to be permanent by the manufacturing company. Essure is a coil-like device that is inserted through the uterine and into the fallopian tubes, scar tissue then forms and creates a barrier. Because of the scar tissue Essure cannot be pulled out of the tube. It is advertised by the manufacturer as a permanent method of birth control. In this respect, it is similar to other tubal ligation methods that are considered by most doctors to be permanent. Dr. Gary Berger of Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center has successfully removed and reversed an Essure procedure and has untied tubes. Dr. Berger can accomplish this by cutting the Essure device from the uterine muscle and implanting the remaining fallopian tube into the uterus through a procedure called tubouterine implantation. To our knowledge, Dr. Gary Berger was the first surgeon to remove the Essure device. Dr. Gary Berger has been performing tubal ligation reversals for over three decades and Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center has been providing women with the opportunity to get pregnant after sterilization.

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