YOU CAN SEE ME FOR
Period problems:
- Lack of periods
(oligomenorrhoea or amenorrhoea)
- Too many periods or
periods that are heavy (metrorrhagia, menorrhagia)
-
Unexpected bleeding – after sex, between your periods, or after menopause (post coital,
intermenstrual,
post-menopausal)
- Painful periods (dysmenorrhoea)
Painful sex (dyspareunia)
Chronic pelvic pain
Polycystic ovary syndrome management
Contraception
Struggling to fall pregnant (infertility, subfertility)
Bladder troubles such as going all the time or wetting yourself
Prolapse
Abnormal smears (colposcopy)
Menopause management
Ovarian cysts
Genetic risk: Management options for women diagnosed with Lynch syndrome or the BRCA gene
Vulval and vaginal conditions (excluding genital warts – these are best seen by a
sexual health
doctor) – itchy skin, painful skin, known conditions needing surveillance such as lichen sclerosus
Pre-pregnancy counselling – if you have a medical condition where you
want to know about how it
would be managed in pregnancy (including depression
and anxiety), and how the disease or any
medications you are taking might affect you or your baby
Post-pregnancy debrief – if you just want to talk about what
happened for you, or understand what
happened, and how what happened might impact you in future pregnancies or births..
CLINIC BASED PROCEDURES
Colposcopy – having a look at your cervix with a microscope and/or taking biopsies
Smear taking
Vulvoscopy – having a look at your vulva with a microscope and/or taking biopsies
Insertion of intrauterine contraceptive devices such as copper IUCD, Mirena, Jaydess
Removal of intrauterine contraceptive devices
Removal of polyps on your cervix
Pipelle uterine biopsy for abnormal bleeding
Removal of small vulval skin lesions
Insertion of Goserelin or contraceptive implants
Pessary fitting for prolapse or incontinence
SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Cervix – minor
-Treatment of cervical pre-cancerous changes with LLETZ or Cone biopsy
-Vulva and vagina – minor
-Removal of non-cancerous vulva, vagina or cervix lumps
Abdomen
-Diagnostic laparoscopy
-Laparoscopy and treatment of mild-moderate endometriosis – I cannot offer treatment for
severe endometriosis
-Laparoscopy and female sterilisation, either with Filshie clips or removal of the fallopian
tubes
-Laparoscopy/laparotomy and treatment of ovarian
cysts
-Laparoscopy/laparotomy and removal of ovaries
-Laparotomy and myomectomy
-Hysterectomy – either laparoscopic, vaginal, or abdominal
Prolapse
-Anterior vaginal repair
-Posterior vaginal repair
-Sacrospinous fixation for prolapse
-Colpocleisis for prolapse
Bladder
-TVT sling and cystoscopy (*not currently due to NZ MoH process)
-Rectus fascia sling and cystoscopy (*not currently due to NZ MoH process)