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THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY (HYSTERECTOMY (LEAVING OVARIES). ESSURE WAS REMOVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL, FEELING ABNORMAL, ALOPECIA, ABDOMINAL DISTENSION AND MOOD SWINGS HAD RESOLVED. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED ABDOMINAL DISTENSION, ALOPECIA, FEELING ABNORMAL, MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL AND MOOD SWINGS TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. CONCERNING THE INJURIES REPORTED IN THIS CASE, THE FOLLOWING ONES WERE REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA- HYSTERECTOMY, FOGGY BRAIN, HAIR LOSS, SWOLLEN BELLY, MOOD SWINGS QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: UNABLE TO CONFIRM COMPLAINT . MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES: ON 17-JUN-2020: QUALITY SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WAS CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT." } ], "number_patients_in_event": "", "distributor_name": "", "manufacturer_g1_address_1": "", "distributor_zip_code": "", "manufacturer_contact_postal_code": "", "manufacturer_contact_exchange": "", "manufacturer_contact_pcountry": "", "suppl_dates_fda_received": "07/02/2020" } ] }