Asha B McClurg

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a challenging condition that affects up to 15% of females in the United States. Like other chronic pain syndromes, CPP is impacted by various biopsychosocial factors and necessitates a multimodal strategy for ef…

Vulvodynia is a chronic vulvar pain condition that can be challenging to treat and often requires multi-modal interventions for symptom management. Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) is a reversible competitive antagonist at opioid receptors and may…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: After hysterectomy, patients are counseled on behavioral limitation, such as avoiding vaginal intercourse and heavy lifting, to try to optimize healing. There are limited data on the benefits of these restrictions…

Objective: To assess the appropriateness of hysterectomies performed at a large tertiary health system using the 1997 RAND appropriateness classification system and an updated algorithm. Design: We abstracted structured and unstructured dat…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of decisional regret regarding preoperative fertility preservation choices after gender-affirming surgery or removal of reproductive organs. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: University-based prati…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a challenging condition affecting an estimated 15% of females in the United States. Multiorgan system dysfunction results in the complex clinical pain presentation. Similar to other chronic pain syndromes, CPP i…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate patient characteristics that affect access to minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (MIGS) subspecialty care and identify changes during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort stud…