Gestación a término tras esterilización tubárica histeroscópica mediante dispositivo Essure

Tubal sterilization with the Essure® is a permanent contraceptive procedure not requiring general anesthesia or skin incisions. This procedure consists of the placement of a device in the tubal ostia by hysteroscopy. In this work we present the case of women that, after a tubal sterilization using the Essure® method, became pregnant and the progression of her pregnancy. The patient is a 38-year-old multiparous woman who desired a tubal sterilization. After the devices were placed, the presence of the right device could not be confirmed neither by pelvic x-ray nor by hysterosalpingograp hy (HSG). While waiting for new image tests, the patient became pregnant because alternative contraceptive methods were abandoned. The course of pregnancy occurred without complications and ended with a vaginal delivery of a healthy full-term male.