OBJECTIVE: To determine the hospital-related costs incurred by women requiring surgery or inpatient admission for chronic pelvic pain in Canada. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, cross-sectional study, focusing on women ages 15-59 …
ObjectiveChronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a prevalent, debilitating, and costly condition. Although national guidelines and empiric evidence support the use of a multidisciplinary model of care for such patients, such clinics are uncommon in Ca…
BACKGROUND: Gynaecologists who are asked to assess patients with pain in the genital area are not generally trained to consider neurogenic causes for the pain, nor are they generally familiar with the surgical procedures that can eliminate …
BACKGROUND: This is a case report of sensory assessment in a woman with severe chronic pelvic pain following uterine artery embolization, and a discussion of a commonly observed sensory manifestation (allodynia) associated with chronic pelv…
BACKGROUND: Uterine peristalsis, which is influenced by hormonal and cholinergic effects, may have a role in successful implantation and continuing pregnancy. CASES: We encountered abnormal uterine peristalsis in three women who had had re…
OBJECTIVES: Laparoscopic surgery has become an important procedure in the diagnosis and management of pelvic pathology. Whether or not repeat laparoscopic procedures, sometimes repeated several times, are of real benefit is unclear. This st…
OBJECTIVE: To improve the understanding of chronic pelvic pain (CPP) and to provide evidence-based guidelines of value to primary care health professionals, general obstetricians and gynaecologists, and those who specialize in chronic pain.…