Einführung

In: Der chronische Beckenbodenschmerz · 2003 · pp. 1–7 · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-57396-5_1 · W4253481068
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Chronic pelvic floor pain is an increasingly recognized condition with growing research interest from multiple disciplines, including urology, contributing to a better understanding of its pathogenesis.

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This chapter reviews the growing importance of chronic pelvic floor pain, noting that research output has increased across disciplines and that urology has increasingly described and studied the condition. It highlights that multiple important works have advanced understanding of how this pain form arises. A key limitation is that the text is an introductory overview rather than an original study with specific methods, populations, or quantifiable results. Relevance to endometriosis: the chapter does not explicitly focus on endometriosis, but chronic pelvic pain contexts include cited work relating pelvic pain to endometriosis, though the paper’s main focus is broad introduction to chronic pelvic floor pain research.

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Der chronische Beckenbodenschmerz ist eine Erkrankung, die in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Dies hängt damit zusammen, dass inzwischen zahlreiche Arbeitsgruppen aus verschiedenen Fachdisziplinen sich dieses Problemkreises und seiner Patienten angenommen haben. Während noch vor Kurzem nur wenige Arbeiten pro Jahr erschienen (vorwiegend von Gynäkologen) nimmt ihre Anzahl stetig zu. Immer häufiger wird nun auch in der Urologie das Beckenbodenschmerzsyndrom beschrieben und erforscht. Wichtige Arbeiten sind erschienen, die unser Verständnis fördern, wie diese Schmerzform entsteht.
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Zusammenfassung Der chronische Beckenbodenschmerz ist eine Erkrankung, die in den letzten Jahren zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen hat. Dies hängt damit zusammen, dass inzwischen zahlreiche Arbeitsgruppen aus verschiedenen Fachdisziplinen sich dieses Problemkreises und seiner Patienten angenommen haben. Während noch vor Kurzem nur wenige Arbeiten pro Jahr erschienen (vorwiegend von Gynäkologen) nimmt ihre Anzahl stetig zu. Immer häufiger wird nun auch in der Urologie das Beckenbodenschmerzsyndrom beschrieben und erforscht. Wichtige Arbeiten sind erschienen, die unser Verständnis fördern, wie diese Schmerzform entsteht. Preview Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF. Similar content being viewed by others Literatur Aaron LA, Herrell R, Ashton S, Belcourt M, Schmaling K, Goldberg J, Buchwald D (2001) Comorbid clinical conditions in chronic fatigue: a co-twin control study. 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