The Division of Advanced Surgery and Pelvic Pain is dedicated to female pelvic pain and advanced gynecologic surgery. Dr. Michael Hibner and Dr. Nita Desai are fellowship trained advanced gynecologic surgeons who specialize in diagnosis and treatment of all conditions leading to female chronic pelvic pain. As advanced pelvic surgeons, they perform all gynecologic procedures using micro-invasive approach such as laparosopy or vaginal surgery. Those routes greatly shorten postoperative recovery, decrease pain, and improve cosmetic outcomes.
A surgical procedure is possibly one of the more stressful events in anyone’s life. Choosing the surgeon and the hospital to have surgery may be quite difficult, especially when there are so many hospitals and well trained physicians to choose from. The Division of Advanced Pelvic Surgery specializes in advanced and complicated surgical procedures. Our institution is one of only three in United States that perform surgical decompression of injured pudendal nerve, and patients from all over North America come to St. Joseph’s to have this surgery done. We are also one of the very few institutions in the country to perform laparoscopic Vecchietti procedure.
Conditions Treated
The Division of Advanced Pelvic Surgery specializes in treating multiple conditions such as:
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Endometriosis
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Interstitial cystitis
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Pelvic congestion syndrome
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Pelvic floor tension myalgia
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Adenomyosis
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Postoperative adhesions
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Pain caused by previous pelvic surgery
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Pudendal nerve entrapment
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Obturator nerve neuralgia
Teaching Tomorrow's Doctors
We are also a fellowship training site for minimally invasive gynecologic surgery. Our fellowship is one of eighteen fellowships accredited by American Academy of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. When you choose to have surgery in our practice, you are choosing to have it done by a surgeon who not only dedicates their practice solely to pelvic surgery, but by one who has trained many gynecologic surgeons.
Appointments
After you schedule an appointment with one of our providers, you will receive a packet in the mail. Please complete this prior to your visit and bring it with you. It may include your demographic information as well as questionnaires depending on the reason for your visit. It is very important that you complete these prior to your visit to enable us to help you. If you do not receive your packet two weeks after making your appointment, please contact our office and we can send you another one.
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Please plan on arriving at our office at least 15 minutes prior to your appointment time. You may park in the 6th Avenue parking garage. We are located in the McAuley Office building at 500 W. Thomas Road, Suite 800 on the 8th floor. Please see the hospital map for directions. Please check in with the receptionist and then the medical assistant will escort you to one of our providers. If you are unable to keep your appointment, please notify us at least 48 hours in advance so we may fill your appointment time as some patients wait several months for an appointment.
Many of our patients are on long term pain medications. We will prescribe narcotics for short term use only, if you need long term pain medications, we will co-manage your care with pain management specialists. Please see our Narcotic Agreement.
The office is staffed Monday through Friday, but our providers do not typically schedule patients on Friday. If a question arises, out staff will be able to handle most questions and can also contact a provider if necessary. If you have an after hours urgent call, dial our regular office number, 602-406-6017 and our answering service will reach one of our providers. If there is an emergency, please dial 911.
Contact the Division of Advanced Pelvic Surgery
Division of Advanced Pelvic Surgery
Center for Women's Health
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
500 W. Thomas Road, Suite 680
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Phone: 602-406-6017
Fax: 602-406-4011
