{"paper_id":"4a1985a3-ab8e-45cf-a46c-e6daf98bccd5","body_text":"Synonyms\nConscious Laparoscopic Pain Mapping; Pain Mapping; Conscious Pain Mapping; Patient Assisted Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy (for Pain) under Local Anesthesia; Laparoscopic Pain Mapping\nDefinition\nLaparoscopic pain mapping is a diagnostic laparoscopy under local anesthesia, with or without conscious sedation, performed with the goal of identifying sources or generators of pain in women with chronic pelvic pain. It has been suggested that laparoscopic pain mapping can lead to the treatment of subtle or atypical areas of disease that might have been overlooked if the procedure had been done under general anesthesia (Almeida and Val-Gallas 1997). Also, it may help to avoid surgical interventions when there are no surgically treatable pain generators present. However, there are limited data confirming these potential benefits (Demco 1997).\nLaparoscopy under local anesthesia is not new, but its use as a diagnostic modality to localize areas of tenderness potentially responsible for chronic...\nAccess this chapter\nTax calculation will be finalised at checkout\nPurchases are for personal use only\nReferences\nAlmeida Jr OD, Val-Gallas JM (1997) Conscious pain mapping. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 4:587–590\nDemco LA (1997) Effect on negative laparoscopy rate in chronic pelvic pain patients using patient assisted laparoscopy. J Soc Laparoendosc Surg 1:319–321\nDemco LA (1998) Mapping the source and character of pain due to endometriosis by patient-assisted laparoscopy. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 5:241–245\nHoward FM (1994) Laparoscopic evaluation and treatment of women with chronic pelvic pain. J Amer Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 1:325–31\nMetha PV (1989) A total of 250,136 laparoscopic sterilizations by a single operator. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 96:1024–1034\nPalter SF, Olive DL (1996) Office microlaparoscopy under local anesthesia for chronic pelvic pain. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 3:359–364\nSteege JF (1998) Superior hypogastric block during microlaparoscopic pain mapping. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 5:265–267\nWesselman U (1999) A call for recognizing, legitimizing, and treating chronic visceral pain syndromes. Pain Forum 8:146–150\nZupi E, Sbracia M, Marconi D et al. (1999) Pain mapping during minilaparoscopy in infertile patients without pathology. J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc 6:51–54\nAuthor information\nAuthors and Affiliations\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg\nAbout this entry\nCite this entry\nHoward, F. (2007). Chronic Pelvic Pain, Laparoscopic Pain Mapping. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_710\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_710\nPublisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg\nPrint ISBN: 978-3-540-43957-8\nOnline ISBN: 978-3-540-29805-2\neBook Packages: MedicineReference Module Medicine","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}