Comprehensive Gynecologic Care, Close to Home
Cape Cod Healthcare offers highly integrated gynecologic care to meet the unique needs of a woman in every stage of her life, from adolescence through reproductive years, menopause and beyond. Whether routine or highly complex care, our skilled, compassionate gynecologic providers, including board-certified obstetricians and gynecologists (OB/GYNs), nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives, offer the latest advances for screening, diagnostic, procedural and counseling services at convenient locations across Cape Cod. Our GYN teams work closely with other specialists including urologists, cardiologists, surgeons, infertility specialists, gastroenterologists, pelvic floor physical therapists, interventional radiologists and others to complete a patient’s care.
Gynecological Services and Treatments
Cape Cod Healthcare offers comprehensive, specialized care for a wide range of gynecologic conditions, screenings and treatments, including:
Well-Woman Care
- Well-Woman exam
- Pelvic exam
- Screening Pap & HPV testing
- Breast exam
- Wellness counseling
Contraception
- Full range of contraceptive care including hormonal and non-hormonal options
Diagnosis and Treatment
- Endometriosis
- Fibroids
- Pelvic pain
- Abnormal uterine bleeding
- Ovarian cysts
- Pelvic infections including STIs (sexually transmitted infections)
- Infertility
- Incontinence/overactive bladder
- Pelvic relaxation/prolapse
Menopausal Care
- Postmenopausal bleeding
- Hot flashes
Basic and Advanced Gynecologic Procedures
Cape Cod Healthcare offers women access to the high level of innovative, skilled surgical care and procedures you would expect from a major urban medical center, close to home. Most basic procedures are performed in the office setting, and advanced procedures are performed in an outpatient or inpatient setting. Our integrated team of board-certified OB/GYNs, anesthesiologists and nurses are equipped with the latest technology and perform a full range of gynecologic surgery and procedures, ranging from in-office treatments to minimally-invasive, robotically-assisted and conventional surgery.
Please contact practices directly for specific services and treatments offered and insurances accepted.
Office-Based Procedures
- Colposcopy, a magnified exam of cervical, vaginal or vulvar tissue which may include biopsies
- Cryosurgery, surgery using local application of intense cold to destroy abnormal tissue
- diVa laser vaginal therapy for atrophic vaginitis and urinary incontinence
- Endometrial ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding (performed in-office and in outpatient setting)
- Endometrial biopsy
- Endosee®, in-office diagnostic hysteroscopy (uterine scope)
- Intrauterine device (IUD) insertion and removal
- Implantable contraception
- Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for abnormal cervical cell growth
- Pessary fittings for pelvic organ prolapse
- ThermiVa® radiofrequency therapy for bladder control and sexual dysfunction
Outpatient/Inpatient-based Procedures
- Dilation and curettage (D&C) to remove tissue from the inner lining of the uterus
- Endometrial ablation for heavy menstrual bleeding (performed in-office and in outpatient setting)
- Hysterectomy (laparoscopic, robotically-assisted, abdominal and vaginal)
- Hysteroscopy, an examination of the inside of the uterus
- InterStim™ therapy for overactive bladder
- Oophorectomy, removal of the ovaries
- Ovarian cyst removal
- Pelvic organ prolapse surgery (cystocele, rectocele, uterine prolapse)
- Uro-gynecologic surgery
- Tubal sterilization/fallopian tube removal
Advanced Specialty Care Coordinated with:
- Gynecologic oncologists
- Uro-gynecologists
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) is offered by Joshua Lupton, DO at Cape Cod Hospital OB/GYN.
