R C Reiter

Diagnosis and management of chronic pelvic pain are greatly facilitated by a multidisciplinary approach integrating medical intervention with identification and management of socioenvironmental problems, cognitive-behavioral pain strategies…

Hysterectomy, the most common major nonobstetric operation, is performed in more than 570,000 women in the United States each year. Although the number of hysterectomies has decreased in recent years, many authorities believe that hysterect…

As part of an ongoing quality improvement process, the records of 104 consecutive patients undergoing hysterectomy for uterine leiomyomata were reviewed. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically in 93 cases (89%) and in eight of the remai…

One hundred eighty-three women with chronic pelvic pain were referred to a multidisciplinary chronic pelvic pain clinic after negative laparoscopy. One hundred twenty-two of them completed a thorough medical and psychologic evaluation and w…

Experience with multidisciplinary management of CPP has demonstrated the importance of ruling out and of treating nongynecologic conditions such as myofascial syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, urethral syndrome, and psychogenic pain in wo…

Recent investigations have documented the importance of ruling out occult nongynecologic diagnoses such as myofascial syndrome, IBS, urethral syndrome, and psychogenic disorders in women with CPP and normal laparoscopy. In light of current …

A criteria-based quality assurance process for hysterectomy was instituted at a large teaching hospital. After this process was initiated, the overall frequency of hysterectomy decreased by 24%, p less than 0.001. Significant reductions wer…

Hysterectomy is one of the most commonly performed major operations in the United States. Despite efforts to explain its high incidence, the perception remains that a significant number of hysterectomies are unjustified. More indications ar…

Presented are the results of a 6-year prospective study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of danazol for the treatment of endometriosis. Ninety-six patients completed 6 months of therapy at a dosage of 800 mg daily, and 107 patients co…