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FDA mulls nonsurgical sterilization

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 1st, 2002

A tiny, spring-like device threaded into the fallopian tubes seems to offer women permanent birth control without surgery and should be approved for sale, advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted July 22, 2002.

If the FDA agrees, the Essure device could become an easier method of sterilization, the most widely used form of contraception. The FDA isn't bound by its advisers' recommendations, but typically follows them.

The advisers did attach some conditions. Noting Essure can't always be inserted successfully, the panel urged FDA to require better data on the failure rate for potential patients to consider.

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