John F. Steege

In Brief As opposed to the satisfying solutions found in the management of acute pain, chronic pelvic pain can be a vexing problem for the patient and physician. Seldom is a single source or cause found, and nearly always the condition is i…

Study objectiveTo compare nerve fiber density in the cervices removed by trachelectomy from women with pelvic pain with those cervices removed for nonpain indications.DesignRetrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2…

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Financial Disclosure T…

ObjectiveTo examine the short-term effects of salpingectomy during laparoscopic hysterectomy on ovarian reserve when ovarian preservation is planned in view of determining the feasibility of conducting the study on a larger scale.DesignPilo…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on several outcomes in laparoscopic hysterectomy, in particular in the extremes of obesity. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SET…

UNLABELLED: To systematically evaluate the diagnosis and treatment of female pelvic congestion syndrome (PCS). We searched the PubMed database and relevant bibliographies for English-language studies published between January 1966 and May 2…

Conscious laparoscopic pain mapping, a technique that has been described in the literature for more than a decade, can be a particularly helpful tool to assist with pelvic pain diagnosis and treatment decisions. Several factors, when optimi…

ObjectiveThis study was performed to examine whether bilateral oophorectomy is related to depressive symptoms.Study designA secondary analysis of data collected from a cohort study of 1047 premenopausal women undergoing hysterectomy with or…

Although depressive symptoms have been related to levels of reproductive hormones, especially in the perimeno-pausal period, the effects on such symptoms of surgical menopause, induced by bilateral oophorectomy, are uncertain. Many women ha…

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of abuse history, other major trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on medical symptoms and health-related daily functioning in women with chronic pelvic pain. METHODS: We administered a questionn…

OBJECTIVE: Our primary aim was to identify subtypes of chronic pelvic pain and to compare the cases of women with the identified subtypes on health status and trauma history. We hypothesized that women with diffuse abdominal/pelvic pain wou…

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) has been traditionally defined by the duration of symptoms (usually 6 months or more). Among the elements that may contribute to CPP are (1) untreated or insufficiently treated organic disease; (2) physiologic resp…

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to describe long-term outcomes for women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) after evaluation in a CPP specialty clinic.Study designThis was a prospective observational cohort study of women treated for CPP…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of 2 musculoskeletal pain disorders among women presenting to a referral chronic pelvic pain clinic. STUDY DESIGN: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study of 987 women (aged 14-79) presenting f…