Esther Pogatzki‐Zahn

BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are essential instruments for assessing postsurgical pain-related outcomes from the patient's perspective. The concept of minimal clinically important difference (MCID) aims to identify …

BACKGROUND: Effective perioperative pain management is crucial to prevent patient suffering, delayed recovery, chronic postsurgical pain, and long-term opioid use. However, the heterogeneous use of outcomes in studies complicates evidence s…

BACKGROUND: Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is considered a human proxy for descending inhibitory pain pathways. However, there is wide variation in the CPM response described in the literature and ongoing debate about its utility. METHO…

Endometriosis, a common cause for chronic pelvic pain, significantly affects quality of life, fertility, and overall productivity of those affected. Therapeutic options remain limited, and collating evidence on treatment efficacy is complic…

INTRODUCTION: Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common condition affecting up to 26.6% of women, with many suffering for several years before diagnosis and/or treatment. Its clinical presentation is varied and there are frequently comorbid con…

Abstract Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a common condition affecting up to 26.6% of women, with many suffering for several years before diagnosis and/or treatment. Its clinical presentation is varied and there are frequently comorbid conditio…

Abstract Objectives Chronic pelvic pain is common, poorly understood, and many women suffer for years without proper diagnosis and effective treatment. The Translational Research in Pelvic Pain (TRiPP) project takes a phenotyping approach, …

INTRODUCTION: Evidence synthesis of clinical trials requires consistent outcome assessment. For pain management after surgery, inconsistency of effectiveness assessment is still observed. A subproject of IMI-PainCare (Innovative Medicine In…