Pelvic pain

JEFFCOATE TN, T. N. A. Jeffcoate, T N Jeffcoate
British medical journal · 1969 · vol. 3(5668) , pp. 431–435 · doi:10.1136/bmj.3.5668.431 · PMID:5811652 · PMC1984248 · W4213195141
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This oration discusses pelvic pain, noting an exception for operations tightening the internal urethral sphincter for stress incontinence, which operates through a different retention mechanism.

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Abstract

The third McCurrich oration delivered at a meeting of the Regional Hospitals' Consultants and Specialists Association at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, on 9 May 'An exception to this rule is any operation which tightens the internal urethral sphincter for the purpose of curing stress incontinence, but the mechanism of retention is then different.

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dysmenorrheadyspareuniaendometriosis

MeSH descriptors

Genital Diseases, Female Genital Diseases, Female Pain Pelvis Pelvis Adult Adult Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Differential Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Endometriosis Endometriosis

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