Minimally Invasive Surgery for Common Menstrual Problems

Dr. Evan Theoharis often helps women dealing with menstrual problems. “Either they're prolonged, lasting more than seven days, extremely heavy, affecting their daily activities, or they're wrought with pain, causing debilitating symptoms, painful interrelations, pain throughout the day, and affecting how they go about their day and function.”
It’s important to bring these issues up to your gynecologist. “It's very, very common. It's nothing to be ashamed of, and there are solutions for almost all issues that women are facing,” said Dr. Theoharis.
While treatment generally starts with the most conservative option, Lee Health offers a full spectrum of minimally invasive surgical options. “Hysteroscopic would be with no incisions where we'd go transvaginally and we can sometimes fix abnormal bleeding problems if there are any polyps or fibroids within the uterus. Outpatient surgery, very quick recoveries,” said Dr. Theoharis. “Then we have laparoscopic and robotic surgery that could include removal of fibroids or even hysterectomy as a last resort, and it's really not your mother's hysterectomy anymore. Traditionally, large incisions, long hospitalizations would keep women down for several weeks, where now the majority of our minimally invasive procedures for hysterectomies are now outpatient surgery with recovery measured in days rather than weeks.”
A safer surgery with an easier recovery thanks to new technology. You can learn more by searching for women’s health on leehealth.org.
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