Chronic pelvic pain: spectrum of the disorder
This paper examines the varied manifestations of chronic pelvic pain, encompassing its diverse range of causes and presentations.
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This chapter reviews chronic pelvic pain as a spectrum disorder, outlining relevant pelvic and neuroanatomical considerations and describing diagnostic investigation approaches such as ultrasound and surgical approaches. It also covers medical and surgical management of endometriosis-related pain across different disease stages, alongside psychological considerations and therapies, and discusses related conditions including vulvodynia and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. The chapter further addresses pelvic inflammatory disease and chronic pelvic pain, sexual dysfunction, complementary therapies, and approaches to idiopathic chronic pelvic pain. The provided text is only a preview of the book chapter (no detailed findings are available), which limits assessment of specific evidence or conclusions. Relevance to endometriosis: the chapter includes dedicated sections on “Medical treatments for endometriosis-related pain” and “Endometriosis: surgical approaches to stages I and II/III and IV,” within a broader framework of chronic pelvic pain.
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