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:
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