OB/GYN Surgery
OB/GYN surgical care
delivers excellence and innovation
The OB/GYN providers on Cape
Cod offer the highest quality surgical care for both obstetrics (childbirth)
and gynecology (diseases of the female reproductive organs). With
long-established teams of surgeons, nurses and anesthesiologists, women are assured of
multi-disciplinary, continuous care.
The maternity units
at both Cape Cod Hospital and
Falmouth Hospital have evolved to a family-centered philosophy. Rooms have been reorganized
to incorporate labor, delivery and recovery all in the same room. Consistent with the latest
research, each woman in labor has a dedicated nurse for encouragement as
well as continuity in infant care education. The goal is to facilitate
more successful deliveries and to enable babies and moms to stay together,
rather than having the baby go to a nursery down the hall.
“We
take care of all surgical (C-Section) deliveries, as well as high risk deliveries
and ectopic pregnancies,” says Richard Angelo, M.D., board-certified OB/GYN surgeon
at Cape Cod Hospital.
Childbirth is but one
aspect of the OB/GYN field. “We perform the whole range of gynecological surgical
procedures, both diagnostic and therapeutic,” says Paul DeMeo, M.D., board-certified OB/GYN surgeon at
Falmouth Hospital. “Our most common surgical procedure is the hysterectomy,
both abdominal and vaginal.”
The Cape’s OB/GYN and GYN surgeons are well-versed in both traditional
(open abdominal) as well as minimally invasive techniques, performing
advanced laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgeries. Endometriosis can now be treated
with a one-day procedure using lasers, whereas previously those patients might have
needed a hysterectomy. Laparoscopic Assisted Vaginal Hysterectomy (LAVH) can
reduce lost time, and fibroids can be removed using the hysteroscope instead of
open surgery with a large abdominal scar.
For cancer care, Cape Cod Healthcare’s unique partnership with gynecologic oncologists from
Women and Infants Hospital in Providence brings a high level of specialization for
gynecological cancers without the patient needing to travel. These physicians participate
in Cape Cod Healthcare’s multi-disciplinary tumor boards and assist in some surgeries.
Another exciting development in the field with a greater
than 90% success rate is the minimally invasive Tension Free Vaginal Tape (TVT)
performed at both hospitals to treat stress urinary incontinence. "TVT offers
the advantage of just two smaller incisions, faster recovery, and
it can be done under local anesthesia in less than 30 minutes. In addition, four
out of five patients don’t need any catheterization,” said Dr. Angelo.
On the Cape, you’ll find many of the same treatments and
procedures you’d see in larger hospitals, but with the community hospital’s
individualized care and attention, which means you stay close to home and family
support.
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