Anita H. Chen, M.D.

  1. Gynecologist
  2. Urogynecologist
  1. Coombs P, Lewis G, Chen AH, Ma Y, Carrubba AR. Does pudendal nerve block improve perioperative pain following OnabotulinumtoxinA injection for myofascial pelvic pain? Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2025 Mar; 306:64-68 Epub 2025 Jan 02
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  2. Cantave M, Chen AH, Carrubba AR, Robertson M. Metastatic Melanoma to Ovary and Advances in Metastatic Melanoma Treatment: A Case Report. Cureus. 2025 Jan; 17 (1):e77664 Epub 2025 Jan 19
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  3. Meiser RJ, Horton TS, Carrubba AR, El Nashar SA, Chen AH. Cervical atresia and an obliterated upper vagina presenting as primary amenorrhea. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Sep; 231 (3):367-369 Epub 2024 Mar 29
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  4. Leon MG, Guha P, Lewis GK, Heckman MG, Siddiqui H, Chen AH. Use of prophylactic ureteral stents in gynecologic surgery. Minerva Obstet Gynecol. 2024 Aug; 76 (4):353-360 Epub 2023 May 04
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  5. Carrubba AR, Lothman KA, Ball CS, Mongan AL, Perlman AI, Chen A. The Impact of Mind-Body Medicine on Patient-Reported Outcomes in the Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain. Cureus. 2024 Jun; 16 (6):e62376 Epub 2024 June 14
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  6. Schaaf AL, Lee YS, Myers AA, Schommer J, Gonzalez G, Chen A, Petrou S. Complex Urethral Diverticulectomy: Is a Synchronous Prophylactic Autologous Fascial Sling Needed? Urogynecology (Phila). 2023 Jun 1; 29 (6):552-557 Epub 2023 Feb 04
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  7. Lewis GK, Chen AH, Craver EC, Crook JE, Carrubba AR. Trigger point injections followed by immediate myofascial release in the treatment of pelvic floor tension myalgia. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2023 Apr; 307 (4):1027-1035 Epub 2022 Dec 14
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  8. El-Nashar SA, Singh R, Chen AH. Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Overview, Diagnosis and Management J Gynecol Surg. 2023.
  9. Lewis GK, Carrubba AR, Stanton AP, Craver EC, Li Z, Chen AH. OnabotulinumtoxinA Injections for the Treatment of Myofascial Pelvic Pain: 12-Year Experience at a Tertiary Care Academic Center. Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2023; 88 (1):37-46 Epub 2022 Dec 28
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  10. Lewis GK, Leon MG, Chen AH. Erosion of a Gellhorn pessary into the bladder: a report of transvaginal removal and repair of vesicovaginal fistula. Int Urogynecol J. 2023 Jan; 34 (1):309-311 Epub 2022 Sept 28
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  11. Neville CE, Carrubba AR, Li Z, Ma Y, Chen AH. Association of coccygodynia with pelvic floor symptoms in women with pelvic pain. PM R. 2022 Nov; 14 (11):1351-1359 Epub 2021 Oct 22
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  12. Vargas D, Chen AH, Gebhart JB. Transvaginal Approach to Surgery for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Journal of Gynecologic Surgery. 2022.
  13. Cope AG, Lazaro-Weiss JJ, Willborg BE, Lindstrom ED, Mara KC, Destephano CC, Vetter MH, Glaser GE, Langstraat CL, Chen AH, Martino MA, Dinh TA, Salani R, Green IC. Surgical Science-Simbionix Robotic Hysterectomy Simulator: Validating a New Tool. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2022 Jun; 29(6):759-766. Epub 2022 Feb 03.
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  14. Lewis GK, Gajarawala SN, Robinson KE, Chen AH, Robertson MW. Clear cell adenocarcinoma arising from anterior abdominal wall cesarean section scar endometriosis treated with excision and the addition of Trastuzumab for adjuvant chemotherapy: A case report. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2022 Jun; 41:100995 Epub 2022 May 06
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  15. Lewis GK, Stanton AP, Leon MG, Pettit PD, Chen AH. Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Rectal Prolapse Repair in a Patient with Indiana Pouch Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology. 2021; 28(11):s21.
  16. Chen AH, Robertson MW. Route of Hysterectomy:Robotic Journal of Gynecologic Surgery. 2021; 37(2):112-115.
  17. Carrubba AR, Jijon AJ, Heckman MG, Brushaber DE, Chen AH, Dinh TA, Destephano CC. Association of uterine dimensions and route of contained morcellation following laparoscopic hysterectomy. Minerva Ginecol. 2020 Oct; 72 (5):316-324 Epub 2020 July 17
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  18. Stanton AP, Chen AH. New options for managing fecal incontinence in women. JAAPA. 2020 Aug; 33 (8):50-52
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  19. Fort MW, Carrubba AR, Chen AH, Pettit PD. Transvaginal Enterocele and Evisceration Repair After Radical Cystectomy Using Porcine Xenograft. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2020 Jul; 26 (7):e19-e22
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  20. Woo JJ, Guha P, Chen AH. Dehiscence of a Low Transverse Cesarean Scar by a Submucous Myoma in a Nongravid Uterus. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2019 Feb; 26 (2):352-353 Epub 2018 Apr 27
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  21. DeStephano CC, Chen AH, Heckman MG, Chimato NT, Guha P, Espinal M, Dinh TA. Use of the Limbs and Things Hysterectomy Model to Describe the Process for Establishing Validity. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2018 Sep - Oct; 25 (6):1051-1059 Epub 2018 Feb 09
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  22. Espinal M, DeStephano CC, Guha P, Gajarawala SP, Chen AH, Pettit PD. Robotic Placement of the FENIX Continence Restoration System in a Patient with Previous Radiation to the Pelvis: A Case Report. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2018 Mar - Apr; 25 (3):528-532 Epub 2017 July 17
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  23. DeStephano CC, Chen AH, Pettit PD. The Fenix System for Fecal Incontinence: An Overview and Surgical Demonstration. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2017 Nov - Dec; 24 (7):1078 Epub 2017 May 03
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  24. Fouad LS, Chen AH, Santoni CJ, Wehbe C, Pettit PD. Revisiting Conservative Management of Vesicovaginal Fistula. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2017 May - Jun; 24 (4):514-515 Epub 2016 July 20
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  25. Fouad LS, Pettit PD, Threadcraft M, Wells A, Micallef A, Chen AH. Trigger point injections for pelvic floor myofascial spasm refractive to primary therapy Journal of Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Disorders. 2017; 9(2):125-30. Epub 1900 Jan 01.
  26. Fouad LS, Chen AH, Pettit PD, Micallef A. Transvaginal Trigger Point Injections for Pelvic Floor Myofascial Spasm: A Retrospective Review of Pain Assessment and Development of a Treatment Algorithm. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2015 Nov-Dec; 22 (6S):S247-S248 Epub 2015 Oct 15
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  27. Wechter ME, Kho RM, Chen AH, Magrina JF, Pettit PD. Preventing slide in Trendelenburg position: randomized trial comparing foam and gel pads. J Robot Surg. 2013 Sep; 7 (3):267-71 Epub 2012 Dec 06
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  28. Pettit PD, Chen A. Implantable neuromodulation for urinary urge incontinence and fecal incontinence: a urogynecology perspective. Urol Clin North Am. 2012 Aug; 39(3):397-404.
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  29. Belli EV, Landmann RG, Koonce SL, Chen AH, Metzger PP. Persistent ischiorectal fistula with supralevator origin secondary to a chronic tubo-ovarian abscess: report of a case and review of the literature. Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jan-Feb; 18(1):66-7.
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  30. Akl MN, Long JB, Giles DL, Cornella JL, Pettit PD, Chen AH, Magtibay PM. Robotic-assisted sacrocolpopexy: technique and learning curve. Surg Endosc. 2009 Oct; 23 (10):2390-4 Epub 2009 Jan 27
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  31. Brodersen M, Pettit P, Chen A, Levia JL, Bofill M. Surgical repair of pubic symphysis diastasis. Journal of Pelvic Medicine and Surgery. 2006; 12(3):157-60.
  32. Pettit P, Canessa MJ, Chen A, Bridges MD. Foreign body reaction with urethral prolapse from Durasphere (Duraspheroma). Journal of Pelvic Medicine & Surgery. 2005; 11(6):302-6.
  33. Thompson JR, Chen AH, Pettit PD, Bridges MD. Incidence of occult rectal prolapse in patients with clinical rectoceles and defecatory dysfunction. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Dec; 187 (6):1494-9; discussion 1499-500
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  34. Pettit PD, Thompson JR, Chen AH. Sacral neuromodulation: new applications in the treatment of female pelvic floor dysfunction. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Oct; 14 (5):521-5
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  35. Sanchez-Ramos L, Chen AH, Kaunitz AM, Gaudier FL, Delke I. Labor induction with intravaginal misoprostol in term premature rupture of membranes: a randomized study. Obstetrics & Gynecology. 1997 Jun; 89(6):909-12.
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