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Introduction: Pelvic pain is a common problem in gynaecological practice. It is often unclear whether definite causality exists between reported symptoms and objective clinical findings of the female genital tract, and medical or operative …

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain in women represents a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic problem in the gynecological practice which is always a challenge when dealing with affected women. GYNECOLOGICAL CAUSES: Possible gynecological cau…

As gynaecologists frequently function as "general practitioners" for women, gynaecologists are frequently confronted with questions which initially appear to have only a tenuous connection to their field. Chronic pain syndromes represent a …

Chronic pelvic pain in women is a difficult subject that challenges the gynecologist in practice. Possible gynecological causes are endometriosis, adhesions/PID, pelvic varicosis and ovarian retention syndrome/ovarian remnant syndrome. Othe…

Endometriosis is a widespread chronic disease characterized by endometrial tissue located outside the uterine cavity. Clinical signs are chronic pelvic pain and infertility. Emerging evidence indicates that the immune system is profoundly i…

Problem: Bis zu 22% der Frauen im gebährfähigen Alter leiden an Endometriose. Die Erkrankung mindert, oft massiv, die Lebensqualität der betroffenen Frauen, wobei starke Schmerzen und Infertilität im Vordergrund stehen. Neben psychischen Be…