A. Lenore Ackerman

OBJECTIVE: To develop evidence- and consensus-based clinical practice guidelines for management of high-tone pelvic floor dysfunction (HTPFD). High-tone pelvic floor dysfunction is a neuromuscular disorder of the pelvic floor characterized …

Introduction and hypothesisAs interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS) likely represents multiple pathophysiologies, we sought to validate three clinical phenotypes of IC/BPS patients in a large, multi-center cohort using unsupe…

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE: In young women, there is significant symptomatic overlap between interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome, chronic pelvic pain, overactive bladder (OAB), vulvodynia, and endometriosis leading to misdiagnosis a…

ObjectiveTo identify the rate of catastrophizing in a cohort of subjects with chronic pain after self-reported mesh complications and identify interactions of catastrophization with other patient factors, such as age, number of pelvic surge…