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Background: Chronic pelvic pain affects one in four women. Botulinum toxin, approved for chronic migraine and cervical dystonia pain, is an emerging treatment for other pain conditions. We evaluated intramuscular pelvic floor botulinum toxi…

Abstract Pelvic pain persists despite standard care in about 30% of women with a history of endometriosis and pain. Pelvic pain may be accompanied by spasm in pelvic floor muscles that results in sexual pain, impairs intimacy, and might con…

To develop a model using individual and lesion characteristics to help surgeons choose lesions with a high probability of containing histologically-confirmed endometriosis.

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain persists in some women with endometriosis even after lesion removal and optimized hormonal treatment. OBJECTIVE: Characterize the presence and distribution of pain, myofascial dysfunction and sensitisation be…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Many women with endometriosis continue to have pelvic pain despite optimal surgical and hormonal treatment; some also have palpable pelvic floor muscle spasm. We describe changes in pain, spasm, and disability aft…

Assess effects of botulinum toxin for chronic pelvic pain in endometriosis.

To assess myofascial dysfunction and sensitization beyond the pelvis in women with endometriosis-associated chronic pelvic pain (endo-CPP).

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate sensitization, myofascial trigger points, and quality of life in women with chronic pelvic pain with and without endometriosis. METHODS: A cross-sectional prospective study of women aged 18-50 years with pain suggest…

PURPOSE: To describe lifetime differences in clinical characteristics of women with endometriosis between the USA and Puerto Rico. METHODS: A descriptive study using self-administered demographic and clinical questionnaires was undertaken. …

OBJECTIVE: To study whether pain location is related to lesion location in women with chronic pelvic pain and biopsy-proven endometriosis. METHODS: A secondary analysis was performed to compare self-reported pain location with recorded lapa…