Gynecology Services Annual or periodic wellness visits including Pap Smears, breast and pelvic exams and other screening lab tests Contraceptive Management, including counseling patients on the most appropriate form of birth control and monitoring patients who choose method such as birth control pills, depo-provera injections, fitting of diaphragms, IUDs, etc. We also perform surgical sterilization, or tubal ligation ("tying tubes"). Management of menopause and peri-menopause, including monitoring of patients on hormone replacement therapy In-office ultrasound for your convenience. Evaluation and treatment of infertility Office-based minor surgery and procedures such as cervical or uterine biopsies, cryosurgery (freezing) of lesions Colposcopy - a diagnostic procedure using a magnifying scope to examine and sometime biopsy the cervix and lower uterus areas after a positive Pap smear. For additional information, please more.... Our physicians will review a number of options for treatment of your specific problem that may include surgical or non-surgical methods. When surgery is the most medically appropriate option, please know that our physicians have extensive experience in performing gynecological surgery including (Click on the name of the surgery for more information): Diagnostic Laparoscopy - a procedure where the physician will make a small incisions in the abdomen, insert a small microscope and examine the abdomen and the reproductive organs to determine the cause of conditions such as severe pelvic pain, infertility, ectopic (tubal) pregnancy and ovarian cysts. more... Endometrial Ablation - a procedure that can be an alternative procedure to a hysterectomy for women who suffer from heavy or prolonged periods. The procedure involves removing the lining of the uterus (endometrium), which is the source for bleeding. This procedure uses hysteroscopy to view the uterine and a laser to remove the endometrium more... Hysterectomy - is the removal of the uterus through an abdominal incision, through the vagina or using an operating microscope (laparoscope) inserted into the abdomen to view the internal organs while removing the uterus through the vagina. (Laparoscopically Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy - LAVH). A total hysterectomy may also include removal of the ovaries and/or fallopian tubes. more... Hysteroscopy - a procedure that uses a hysteroscope to look inside the uterus. This procedure can help diagnose the cause of abnormal bleeding, infertility, fibroid tumors, polyps, and displaced IUDS. more... Laser Laparoscopy - is the use of a laser during a laparoscopy to correct problems found during a diagnostic laparoscopy procedure. For example, endometriosis, adhesions, fibroids, and ovarian cysts may be burned with a laser for more efficient removal. more... Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) is an outpatient procedure used to remove pre-cancer cells in the cervix. The instrument is a fine metal loop that has electric current passing through it, used to burn the suspect tissue. The electric current helps reduce the bleeding, thus resulting in faster healing. more... Myomectomy - is the surgical removal of fibroids from the uterine muscle without hysterectomy. more... Operative Hysteroscopy - is the use of a hysteroscope during hysteroscopy to remove uterine adhesions or fibroids. more... Return to Services

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