William Stones

From population-based surveys, chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is a common condition with a spectrum of associated disability and distress. Those seen by gynaecologists in a referral setting often have substantial impairment of function …

Chronic pelvic pain is a common condition in women and rates of consultation in general practice are similar to those for asthma and migraine. USA and UK population-based studies, together with data from UK hospital settings, demonstrate a …

University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom Correspondence: R. William Stones, MD, Level F (815), Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, SO16 5YA, UK. E-mail: [email protected]

The planning of effective services for patients with particular conditions demands an understanding of epidemiology, pathophysiology and therapy. In the case of chronic pain in general, and chronic pelvic pain in particular, elements of the…

BACKGROUND: We hypothesised that the orally-active alpha(2)-adrenoceptor agonist lofexidine hydrochloride would ameliorate chronic pelvic pain in women. METHODS: A randomized placebo-controlled parallel group trial was undertaken in the Uni…

Over the last fifty years the understanding of a number of symptomatic gynaecological conditions has crystallized to the point where a coherent framework of pathogenesis and a systematic approach to treatment can be discerned. Examples are …

Women with chronic pelvic pain experience serious distress and lifestyle disruption. Confronted with a difficult condition to diagnose and treat effectively, doctors express a negative perception of this group of 'heartsink' patients. This …

We aimed to document the demographic and clinical characteristics of women referred by primary care physicians for investigation of chronic pelvic pain to a university hospital gynecology outpatient clinic and to test the hypothesis that sp…

Abstract Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrium-like glands and stroma outside the uterine cavity and myometrium. Adenomyosis, where such tissue is present within the myometrium, is reviewed in Chapter 24. Current opinion r…

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether GnRH analogues are effective in relieving pelvic pain and congestion and whether menopausal symptoms caused by GnRH analogues can be minimised by supplementation with low dose continuous combined hormone replace…