Pelvic pain.

JEFFCOATE TN, T. N. A. Jeffcoate, T N Jeffcoate
British medical journal · 1969 · vol. 3(5668) , pp. 431–435 · doi:10.1136/bmj.3.5668.431 · PMID:5811652 · PMC1984248 · W4213195141
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This oration discusses pelvic pain, noting an exception for operations tightening the internal urethral sphincter for stress incontinence, which operates through a different retention mechanism.

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Abstract

The third McCurrich oration delivered at a meeting of the Regional Hospitals' Consultants and Specialists Association at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, on 9 May 'An exception to this rule is any operation which tightens the internal urethral sphincter for the purpose of curing stress incontinence, but the mechanism of retention is then different.

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dysmenorrheadyspareuniaendometriosis

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Genital Diseases, Female Pain Pelvis Adult Colonic Diseases Colonic Diseases Diagnosis, Differential Dysmenorrhea Dysmenorrhea Dyspareunia Dyspareunia Endometriosis Endometriosis Female Humans Neuralgia Neuralgia Ovarian Neoplasms Ovarian Neoplasms Ovulation

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