Gynecology Services and Conditions at Norton Children’s
Norton Children’s Gynecology provides a full scope of gynecologic services and surgeries to treat conditions in girls and young women up to age 18. We provide care for girls and teens designed just for them.
Our highly skilled pediatric and adolescent gynecologists work with girls and teens facing conditions and changes that happen before, during and after puberty.
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
- Care after sexual abuse
- Delayed puberty
- Gynecological care for patients with special needs
- Irregular periods
- Preventive gynecologic care
- Ovarian cyst or tumor
- Pediatric vaginitis and vulvovaginitis
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Pubertal aberration
- Vaginal agenesis (failure of the vagina to develop or grow) or other reproductive tract anomalies
Colorectal and Pelvic Health
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Androgen insensitivity
- Pelvic pain
- Laparoscopic diagnosis/management of endometriosis
- Laparoscopic management of ovarian cysts (neonate to adolescence)
- Urogenital sinus
Fertility and Reproductive Health
- Contraception
- Hormonal regulation of menses
- Menstrual disorders in teenagers, including heavy or prolonged bleeding
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