Ursula Wesselmann

No ORCID on file · 12 papers in corpus · active 1997-2025

Study types

  • article 5
  • review 5
  • book-chapter 1
  • other 1

Condition tags

  • chronic_pelvic_pain 4
  • endometriosis 3
  • dysmenorrhea 2
  • irritable_bowel_syndrome 2
  • interstitial_cystitis 1
review 2025
Efficacy and safety of drug combinations for chronic pelvic pain: a systematic review
·doi:10.1097/pr9.0000000000001299

Clinical disorders associated with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) cause demonstrable emotional and physical dysfunction as well as increased health care utilization. Interventions that have been studied for the treatment of CPP often provide ina…

other 2025
Impact of visceral pain on migraine symptoms in comorbid patients: a retrospective observational study
The journal of headache and pain ·doi:10.1186/s10194-025-02153-6

BACKGROUND: Visceral pain and migraine, especially at a high frequency/chronic, are frequent comorbidities, but little is known about their mutual influences. This study investigated if visceral pain-migraine comorbidity involves higher mig…

review 2021
Efficacy and Safety of Drug Combinations for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review
·doi:10.2196/21909

BACKGROUND: Chronic pelvic pain with various etiologies and mechanisms affects men and women and is a major challenge. Monotherapy is often unsuccessful for chronic pelvic pain, and combinations of different classes of medications are frequ…

review 2020
Efficacy and Safety of Drug Combinations for Chronic Pelvic Pain: Protocol for a Systematic Review (Preprint)
·doi:10.2196/preprints.21909

BACKGROUND Chronic pelvic pain with various etiologies and mechanisms affects men and women and is a major challenge. Monotherapy is often unsuccessful for chronic pelvic pain, and combinations of different classes of medications are frequ…

article 2017
Visceral pain as a triggering factor for fibromyalgia symptoms in comorbid patients
Pain ·doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000992

Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a central sensitization syndrome; however, peripheral pain sources potentially exacerbate its symptoms of chronic diffuse musculoskeletal pain and hyperalgesia. This prospective study evaluated visceral pain a…

article 2009
I362 Research insights into the pathophysiology of pelvic pain – implications for diagnosis and treatment
·doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(09)60362-3
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
book-chapter 2008
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PELVIC PAIN
·doi:10.1016/b978-1-4160-2339-5.50138-5
review 2002
Klinik und Pathophysiologie der Schmerzen der Beckenorgane bei der Frau
·doi:10.1007/s00482-002-0191-9
review 2001
Pelvic pain: A chronic visceral pain syndrome
·doi:10.1007/s11916-001-0005-2
article 2001
Pelvic Pain in Women: A Neglected Chronic Pain Problem
·doi:10.1097/00002508-200109000-00014

Departments of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

article 1997
Mechanisms of referred visceral pain: uterine inflammation in the adult virgin rat results in neurogenic plasma extravasation in the skin
·doi:10.1016/s0304-3959(97)00112-7

The purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of referred pain observed in female patients with pain from the reproductive organs. We developed a model of inflammatory uterine pain in the rat. Inflammation of the uterus in rat…