M. Jonathon Solnik

Background Many Canadians experience prolonged pain, uncertainty, and stigma before receiving an endometriosis diagnosis, with delays averaging 11 years from symptom onset. Endometriosis, defined by the presence of endometrial-like tissue o…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common gynecologic complaint, affecting one in seven women (1). Dysmenorrhea, or menstrual pain, is even more common, impacting 40%–90% of adolescents (2). While care for adolescents suffering from CPP has imp…

BACKGROUND: The objective of this study is to characterize participants in a laparoscopic cadaveric neuroanatomy course and assess knowledge of pelvic neuroanatomy before and after this course. METHODS: This is a survey-based cohort study …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether retrofilling the bladder on completion of elective laparoscopic gynecologic surgery for benign indications has an effect on the timing of the first postoperative void and the timing of discharge from the…

Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition defined by endometrial stroma and glands found outside of the uterine cavity. The initial evaluation of any adolescent with either acute or chronic pelvic pain should be directed toward excl…

OBJECTIVE: Excisional techniques used to surgically treat deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) can result in inadvertent damage to the autonomic nervous system of the pelvis, leading to urinary, anorectal, and sexual dysfunction [1-4]. Thi…

We describe a complicated ruptured Streptococcus pyogenes tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) and peritonitis in a 24-year-old woman, necessitating eventual hysterectomy and a prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) admission 3 years after successful tu…

The evaluation of a young patient with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) can be one of the most challenging situations for the pediatrician and gynecologist alike. Often the most difficult aspect of providing care for these patients is the assessme…