LOYOLA ELECTIVES
Students
on the clerkship at the Loyola University Medical Center site will
participate on three services: Labor and Delivery, Ambulatory care and a
Gynecology elective. There are several sub-specialties, including female
pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, general benign gynecology and
gynecology oncology. Director will assign electives.
Female
Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery
The Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery is a
unique, multidisciplinary program that combines the expertise of
urogynecologists who treat all pelvic floor disorders in women from
incontinence to difficulties with bladder or bowel control and pelvic
organ prolapse, with urologists who treat the entire urinary tract, and
specialty physical and occupational therapists who specialize in pelvic
floor rehabilitation. The physicians and therapists work collaboratively
with each other and with their patients to tailor treatment plans that
meet each woman’s preferences and lifestyles. The division serves as a
national model for treatment and educational endeavors in female pelvic
floor disorders. Patients can benefit from the latest treatments and
opportunities to participate in clinical research trials for urinary
incontinence, urinary difficulties, bowel control problems and pelvic
organ prolapse.
General Benign
Gynecology
The division provides care for women of all ages. It encompasses multiple
arenas, from the ambulatory setting, the emergency room, in patient care and
the operating room. The physicians perform procedures in the outpatient
setting, including LEEPs, colposcopy, sonohysterograms and endometrial
ablations. In patient procedures include hysterectomy, abdominal and
vaginal, for benign disease and operative laparoscopy. This group also
provides 24 hour coverage for acute patients through the Emergency
department.
Gynecologic Oncology
Loyola is a regional center in caring for women with all types of
gynecologic cancer: ovarian, cervical, endometrial, uterine, vaginal,
fallopian tube and vulvar. The
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center provides expanded clinics, diagnostic
capabilities and laboratories for the division. The group of physicians
performs diagnostic procedures, undertakes radical surgeries, using
minimally invasive techniques when appropriate, provides chemotherapy and
radiotherapy and humane terminal care. They work in conjunction with medical
oncologists, specialty radiologists and radiotherapists with a team approach
to the female oncology patient.
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