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• To Preserve Fertility in the Youngest Oncology Patients

  Johns Hopkins researchers hope to make it possible for girls who must undergo chemotherapy before puberty to later have children.

From the Director

• From the Director

Minimally Invasive Surgery

• Doing More with LESS

  Using laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) and other minimally invasive techniques, Johns Hopkins gynecologic surgeons are performing operations that once required large open incisons. 

Pelvic Floor

• Studying the Causes of Pelvic Floor Problems

  How Johns Hopkins research is shedding new light on incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.

Pelvic Pain

• Where Pelvic Pain Meets Its Match

  Because pelvic pain often stems from more than one cause, the Johns Hopkins Center for Chronic Pelvic Pain brings together experts in more than eight specialties.

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

• Hope for Renal Agenesis

  An unprecedented case suggests that amnioinfusion may help when a fetus has no kidneys or non-functioning kidneys.