What happens to women with chronic pelvic pain after a negative [normal] laparoscopy?
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Chronic pelvic pain persists in most women after a negative laparoscopy, though the procedure offers reassurance and some quality of life improvements.
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Chronic pelvic pain remains unexplained in one third of women who have negative [normal] findings at diagnostic laparoscopy. This paper investigates the history of chronic pelvic pain after a negative laparoscopy and to assess the effect of negative laparoscopy on self perceived quality of life. The results of this study show that chronic pelvic pain persists in the majority of women who had negative laparoscopy in the medium to long term. It also shows that laparoscopy is beneficial in such group of women when findings are negative, due to its reassuring effect. A few quality of life issues also seem to improve despite persistence of chronic pelvic pain after a negative [normal] laparoscopy.
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- Incidence of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Females Attending a Gynaecology Outpatient Department 2023
- How can we reduce negative laparoscopies for pelvic pain? 2011
- Endometriosis and abdominal myofascial pain in adults and adolescents 2011
- Could chronic pelvic pain be a functional somatic syndrome? 2011
- Transvaginal color Doppler study of uterine artery: is there a role in chronic pelvic pain? 2010
- Chronic pelvic pain: a dilemma 2010
- Myofascial pain in the adolescent 2010
- Chronic pelvic pain in women: still a challenge 2008
- Chronic pelvic pain and quality of life after laparoscopy 2006
- Impact of diagnostic laparoscopy on the management of chronic pelvic pain 2006
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