Fred M. Howard

OBJECTIVE: To examine the roles of physical and sexual abuse in women with chronic pelvic pain using multi-dimensional pain assessment and to compare the chronic pelvic pain experiences of women with physical abuse to those of women with se…

Chronic pelvic pain is a common and significant disorder of women. It is estimated to have a prevalence of 3.8% in women. Often the etiology of chronic pelvic pain is not clear, as there are many disorders of the reproductive tract, gastroi…

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 668, Rochester, NY 14642

In Brief Chronic pelvic pain is a common and significant disorder of women. It is estimated to have a prevalence of 3.8% in women. Often the etiology of chronic pelvic pain is not clear, as there are many disorders of the reproductive tract…

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain is common in women in the reproductive age group and it causes disability and distress and results in significant costs to health services. The pathogenesis of chronic pelvic pain is poorly understood. Often,…

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Correspondence: Fred M. Howard, MD, University of Rochester, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY 14642 Email: [email protected]

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the findings and outcomes of laparoscopic conscious pain mapping in women with unsuccessfully treated chronic pelvic pain. METHODS: Fifty consecutive women with at least one prior procedure for chronic pelvic pain ha…

In Brief Objective To evaluate the findings and outcomes of laparoscopic conscious pain mapping in women with unsuccessfully treated chronic pelvic pain. Methods Fifty consecutive women with at least one prior procedure for chronic pelvic p…

SECTION 1: APPROACH TO THE PATIENT WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN Introduction Taking a History Physical Examination Laboratory and Imaging Evaluation Endoscopy SECTION 2: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTS Accessory and Supernumerary Ovaries Adenomyosis A…

Laparoscopic findings are negative in anywhere from 10% to 90% of women with chronic pelvic pain. When this occurs a woman is often told one or more of the following: (1) nothing is wrong; (2) the pain is in her head and she should see a ps…

The gynecological surgical procedures that may be accomplished via operative laparoscopy have dramatically increased in the past decade. Ideally, strong evidence of advantages over traditional surgical approaches should be presented for eac…