What sets Ascension Illinois apart

When you choose Ascension Illinois for your care, your doctor and care team are part of an integrated national network of experienced women’s health specialists.

Pelvic floor disorder symptoms

Common symptoms of pelvic floor disorders include:

• Bladder pain
• Fistula, genitourinary and rectovaginal (connection between organs, or an organ and skin)
• Incontinence (loss of bladder or bowel control)
• Overactive bladder
• Pelvic and uterus pain
• Pelvic organ prolapse (when one or more organs (uterus, bowel or bladder) drop into the vagina causing a bulge or discomfort)
• Perineal tear
• Sexual discomfort
• Stress Urinary Incontinence (leaking urine when you laugh, cough or sneeze)
• Urinary tract infection (UTI)
• Uterine fibroids

Pelvic floor disorder treatments

At Ascension Illinois, we work with you on a personalized care plan that may include therapeutic and surgical care. Your care plan may include treatments such as:

• Advanced laparoscopic procedures
• Bladder BOTOX®
• Lifestyle changes
• Medication (oral or injection)
• Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS)
• Sacral nerve stimulation

Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery

Surgery may be recommended as part of your care plan, if you have a pelvic prolapse, incontinence, constipation or pelvic pain.

Our urogynecologists specialize in surgical procedures, including:

• Prolapse repair with vaginal and laparoscopic options
• Surgery without the use of vaginal mesh
• Hysterectomy (both traditional laparoscopy and vaginal laparoscopy options)
• Labiaplasty (surgery to change the size of the labia)
• Reconstructive surgery