Gynecology and Urogynecology

Gynecology Services & Treatments at St. Elizabeth's

St. Margaret’s Center for Women and Children at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center provides a broad range of services related to female reproductive and maternal health with compassionate, personalized care.

Gynecology services include:

• Routine and preventive reproductive health check-ups for girls and women of all ages
• Counseling, diagnostic evaluations and services related to fertility, family-planning and pregnancy
• Regular and acute care for mothers and newborns
• Diagnosis and treatment of cancer, venereal disease and other conditions relating to the female reproductive organs
• Advanced gynecologic surgery including minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgery for treatment of conditions including endometriosis, fibroids, benign gynecological conditions among others - learn more here
   

Urogynecology

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center offers a comprehensive urogynecology program to assist women with conditions including:

• Urinary incontinence
• Post-surgical conditions such as pelvic organ prolapse, rectocele, and cystocele
• Pregnancy-related orthopedic conditions
• Urgency and frequency
• Pelvic Pain
• Interstitial cystitis: painful bladder syndrome
• Vulvodynia: vulvar pain
• Proctalgia: muscle spasm of the rectal area
• Pudendal Neuralgia: inflammation of the Pudendal Nerve
   

In addition to medically and surgically treating a woman’s issues related to the pelvic organs and the pelvic floor, St. Elizabeth’s also offers Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation services which include: 

• Manual therapy including trigger point release, myofascial release, scar massage and soft tissue mobilization
• Biofeedback
• Therapeutic exercises, including stretching and strengthening exercises
• Behavioral modification
• Patient education
• Bladder retraining
• Relaxation techniques
• Ultrasound
• Electrical stimulation
   

Women’s Robotic Surgery offers patients the option of minimally invasive surgery using the state-of-the-art da Vinci® Surgical System. The da Vinci System enables surgeons to perform even the most complex and delicate procedures through very small incisions with unmatched precision.

Benefits include:

• Shorter hospital stay
• Less risk of infection
• Less blood loss and fewer transfusions
• Faster recovery
• Less pain and scarring
• Quicker return to normal activities