Objective The objective of this revised official guideline, published by the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) and coordinated in the joint guidelines program of the DGGG, the Austrian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics…
BACKGROUND: The scheduled update of the S2k guideline "Diagnosis and treatment of endometriosis", published by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF; registry number 015/045), was released on April 1, 2025. M…
BACKGROUND: Nociplastic pain, a third mechanistic pain descriptor in addition to nociceptive and neuropathic pain is defined as 'pain that arises from altered nociception' not fully explained by nociceptive or neuropathic pain mechanisms. M…
Abstract Aims The aim of this official guideline published and coordinated by the German Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (DGGG) in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG) and the Swiss Society for …
BackgroundThe concept of chronic overlapping pain conditions (COPC) is relatively unknown in German pain medicine.AimsDefinition, prevalence, shared etiological and pathophysiological mechanisms of COPC. Summary of recommendations of the in…
BackgroundChronic abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, and stool irregularity are common symptoms in primary care and gastroenterology. A routine diagnostic evaluation fails to reveal any underlying somatic condition in about h…
The topic "visceral pain"is hardly covered in basic research and pain therapy. After low back pain, headache and musculosceletal pain is abdominal pain the 4th frequent chronic pain syndrome in the general population with considerable direc…