Warren JW — Endo Lab

article 2011

Could chronic pelvic pain be a functional somatic syndrome?

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2011.04.003

The cause of noncyclical chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in many women is unknown: 30% have no identifiable pelvic pathology, and in those who do the relationship of CPP and the pathology is often unclear. Moreover, epidemiologic studies demonstr…

article 2009

Pelvic pain and surgeries in women before interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.866

ObjectiveThe objective of the study was to compare subjects with interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) with controls on prior surgeries.Study designIC/PBS subjects were compared with matched controls on surgeries and possi…

2008

Evidence-based criteria for pain of interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome in women.

Urology ·doi:10.1016/j.urology.2007.10.062

ObjectivesNo diagnostic physical signs, urologic findings, or laboratory tests are available for interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS). Its diagnosis is determined by symptoms and the exclusion of mimicking diseases. We hy…

2006

Using the International Continence Society's definition of painful bladder syndrome.

Urology ·doi:10.1016/j.urology.2006.01.086

ObjectivesTo determine what proportion of patients with recent-onset interstitial cystitis (IC)/painful bladder syndrome (PBS) met the International Continence Society (ICS) definition and how those who met the definition differed from thos…