Specialized Care, Close to Home
If you are a woman experiencing urinary incontinence, pain or pressure in your bladder, or other pelvic organ issues, you need the expert care of a urogynecologist. Urogynecology is the area of medicine that covers the diagnosis and treatment of conditions that affect the bladder, reproductive system, and rectum, including pelvic floor disorders. Even though these conditions aren’t life-threatening, they can have a significant impact on quality of life. Many treatment options are available.
St. Joseph’s Health is a leader in evaluating and treating urogynecology conditions, from the common to the most complex. After carefully assessing a patient’s symptoms, life stage, and needs, our physicians devise a treatment plan that draws from a wide range of nonsurgical and surgical treatments to address a patient’s unique needs. Our urogynecologists are fellowship-trained in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery. They have expertise in the latest minimally invasive surgical approaches, such as laparoscopy and robotic-assisted surgery, as well as vaginal surgery, to treat the most complex and challenging pelvic floor conditions. Minimally invasive surgery results in faster recovery, less pain, less scarring, fewer complications, and shorter hospital stays.
Conditions We Treat
Our experts treat a range of urogynecology conditions that affect the organs and structures in the female pelvis, including:
- Congenital abnormalities of the reproductive organs
- Fecal incontinence
- Fistulas
- Interstitial cystitis
- Overactive bladder
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Pelvic floor weakness
- Urinary urgency
- Urinary incontinence
Advanced Treatment Options
We perform a variety of procedures, including:
- Colporrhaphy: Repairing a defect in the vaginal wall
- Dilation and curettage: Sampling uterine tissue
- Endometrial ablation: Removing the lining of the uterus
- Hysterectomy: Removal of the uterus. May also involve removing the cervix, ovaries, Fallopian tubes, and other surrounding structures
- Laparoscopic hysterectomy: A camera and instruments are threaded through small incisions to remove the uterus–a minimally invasive procedure
- Minimally invasive prolapse surgery: A dropped (prolapsed) vagina or uterus is repaired using your own tissue
- Myomectomy: Taking out fibroids from the uterus
- Oophorectomy: Removal of one or both ovaries
- Pelvic floor reconstruction: A procedure to treat pelvic organ prolapse
- Tension-free transvaginal tape procedure: This 20-minute outpatient procedure is a minimally invasive approach to bladder control
Contact Us
St. Joseph’s Health Totowa Health Campus
225 Minnisink Road, 3rd Floor
Totowa, NJ 07512
862-657-3000
