Special Gynecological Procedures & Treatments
Scott & White's comprehensive women's health services provide innovative and leading-edge gynecological procedures. Ask your physician for more information about the following procedures or visit our health education library.
- Abdominal suspension of the bladder (retropubic urethropexy): Surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence.
- Conization of the cervix: A diagnostic and/or treatment tool used to detect and treat abnormalities of the cervix.
- Cystoscopy: A test that allows your doctor to look at the inside of the bladder.
- D&C diagnostic or obstetrical: A procedure to scrape or suction away the lining of the uterus and take tissue samples.
- Endometrial ablation: This procedure involves the removal of the lining of the uterus.
- Essure: Female permanent sterilization procedure.
- Fascia Lata sling procedure: Surgical treatment for recurrent stress incontinence.
- Interstim test implant: A stimulator device used to treat urinary incontinence.
- Hysterectomy: Removal of the uterus.
- Hysteroscopy: A scope used to view the inside of the uterus.
- Myomectomy: Surgical removal of uterine fibroids.
- Sarocolpoperineopexy: Procedure that effectively resolves vaginal vault prolapse.
- Sacrospinous ligament suspension of the vaginal vault: Surgical repair for vaginal vault prolapse.
- Sphincteroplasty: Surgical repair of the sphincter muscle.
- Tension free vaginal tape (TVT): A minimally invasive procedure to resolve stress urinary incontinence.
- Transobturator tape placement (TOT): A minimally invasive procedure to resolve stress urinary incontinence.
- Uterine suspension: Surgical treatment of symptomatic uterovaginal prolapse.
- Uterosacral suspension: Surgical treatment of posthysterectomy prolapse.
- Vaginal hernia repair: Surgical repair of weakness in the pelvic supporting structures that allow the pelvic organs to descend into the vagina.
- Vaginal paravaginal repair: Surgical repair for vaginal wall prolapse.