Surgical management of chronic lower abdominal and groin pain in high-performance athletes

Meyers WC, William C. Meyers, Anthony Lanfranco, Lanfranco A, Andres Castellanos, Castellanos A
Current sports medicine reports · 2002 · doi:10.1249/00149619-200210000-00008 · PMID:12831693
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This review article examines the surgical management of chronic lower abdominal and groin pain in high-performance athletes, drawing on a 15-year clinical experience. It highlights that while advances have improved the identification and treatment of various syndromes, significant diagnostic pitfalls remain due to reliance on empiric evidence. The authors focus on outlining current understandings of these specific clinical entities within the context of sports medicine. The paper does not explicitly discuss endometriosis or adenomyosis; it was included in the corpus via a keyword match in the upstream search index.

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Formerly, most of the causes and treatments of chronic lower abdominal and groin pain in high-performance athletes eluded sports medicine specialists. Now we are much better at identifying and managing the different syndromes. Most of the advances are based on empiric evidence, although many pitfalls remain with respect to diagnosis and management of the various syndromes. This article reviews our current understanding of several of these clinical entities. We focus on lessons learned from a large 15-year experience.
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Sport-specific Illness and Injury: PDF Only Surgical Management of Chronic Lower Abdominal and Groin Pain in High-performance Athletes - William C. Meyers - Anthony Lanfranco - Andres Castellanos Current Sports Medicine Reports 1(5):p 301-305, October 2002. Formerly, most of the causes and treatments of chronic lower abdominal and groin pain in high-performance athletes eluded sports medicine specialists. Now we are much better at identifying and managing the different syndromes. Most of the advances are based on empiric evidence, although many pitfalls remain with respect to diagnosis and management of the various syndromes. This article reviews our current understanding of several of these clinical entities. We focus on lessons learned from a large 15-year experience. Copyright © 2002 American College of Sports Medicine

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endometriosischronic_pelvic_pain

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Abdominal Pain Pelvic Pain Sports Medicine Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain Abdominal Pain Chronic Disease Endometriosis Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Hip Hip Hip Humans Male Osteitis Osteitis Osteitis Pelvic Pain

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