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Table 5 Patency of tubes at hysterosalpingogram = failure rate according protocol

From: Hysteroscopic sterilization with Essure® device in situ: a challenge?

Surgeon

Success

Failure

Control

Total treatments

Bilateral

Unilateral

Bilateral

Unilateral

Panel

21

 

1

 

22

22

Fernandez

31

3

1

1

36

36

Engrand

88

6

1

 

95

95

Heckel

24

   

24

27

Villefranque

15

   

15

15

Vleugels

22

   

22

22

Veersema

20

1

1

 

22

22

 

221

10

4

1

236

239

  1. Success = blocked tubes, 231 = 98%; Failure = open tubes, 5 = 2%
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